trailedadj.
/treɪld/ 1. Drawn behind, dragged along on a surface, etc. (see the verb); Military carried at the trail, as a pike or rifle; in quot. 1797, made by trailing something.
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society > armed hostility > drill or training > [adjective] > positions of weapon
ported1625
trailed1653
shouldered1760
carried1779
the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [adjective] > relating to or used in pulling > pulled
yluggyd1399
drawn1565
trailed1653
pulled1851
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xlii. 169 After them followed forty other Chariots,..full..of..Arms, and trayled colours.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 11/2 In different parts of the course of this trailed track, small quantities of meal..should be laid.
1847 Infantry Man. (1854) 40 b Trailed arms must never be used in field movements.
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 May 4 No amount of brushing could make their trailed dresses look quite clean again.
a. Decorated with, or constituting, a trailing pattern or ornament. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > types of pattern or design generally
stained1397
trailed1490
printed1535
rebesk?a1549
arabesque1731
arabesqued1817
tropical1852
hand-printed1856
repeating1863
1490 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 79 Ane goun of cramasy velvott, upon velvott droppit with gold, and lynit with trail~yeit tweldore.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Traylled or purfled, segmentatus.
1878 A. Nesbitt Descr. Catal. Glass Vessels S. Kensington Mus. 119 Pale green glass, with trailed ornament on the under surface.
b. trailed slip n. Ceramics a slip used for decorating pottery by applying it through a nozzle or spout.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > materials
slip1640
slop1844
stencil1853
monochrome1858
barbotine1865
trailed slip1957
1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 15/1 Staffordshire trailed slip posset-pots.
1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 223/1 They are decorated with ‘trailed slip’.
1971 Country Life 27 May 1303/1 Trailed slip is the method of pouring out from a cone or can exactly as good cooks decorate birthday cakes with icing sugar.
1974 G. Savage & H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 294 Lead-glazed ware decorated with trailed slip.
3. Publicized in advance. Usually prefixed by adverbs. Cf. trail v.1 4.
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society > communication > broadcasting > [adjective] > publicized in advance
trailed1958
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > [adjective] > publicized in advance
trailed1958
1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 247/2 A much-trailed BBC investigation.
1981 Economist 20 June 14/1 Ministers at this week's well-trailed cabinet meeting listened to her lectures on the need to cut their spending.
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