trailery

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noun

Material or ornamentation with a trailing design or effect.

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Meanings

nountrailery (countable and uncountable, plural traileries)

plural traileries

  1. countableuncountableMaterial or ornamentation with a trailing design or effect.

    […] a trailery of rose buds and leaves carved out of triple-layered coloured glass.

    1980, Jane Hollingworth, Collecting Decanters, page 98
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    […] traileries swished around the parquet of the gallery to the room nearest the staircase, and her little, high-heeled mules tick-tacked sleepy footsteps.

    1903, The Smart Set (volume 10, page 49)

Origin

From trail + -ery.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

trailery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trailery

MLA

“trailery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trailery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trailery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trailery.

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