DRAIL

Etymology

Noun

drail (plural drails)

(angling) A hook with a lead shank.

(angling) The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook.

The iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw.

Verb

drail (third-person singular simple present drails, present participle drailing, simple past and past participle drailed)

(angling, obsolete) To trail; to draggle.

Anagrams

• LIDAR, Laird, laird, larid, liard, lidar

Source: Wiktionary


Drail, v. t. & i. [

Definition: To trail; to draggle. [Obs.] South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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