trailer
Meanings
noun
- Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
- Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
- An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
- A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary.
- A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
- A preview of a film, video game or TV show.
- A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
- The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.
- The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
verb
- To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.
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Etymology
From trail + -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today, that is trailing after the main feature.
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