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trailery

trailery noun: material or ornamentation with a trailing design or effect.

Noun

trailery (countable and uncountable, plural traileries)

  1. Material or ornamentation with a trailing design or effect.
    • […] 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)
    • […] a trailery of rose buds and leaves carved out of triple-layered coloured glass.1980, Jane Hollingworth, Collecting Decanters, page 98

Forms of trailery

pluraltraileries

Origin of trailery

From trail + -ery.

Questions about trailery

What does trailery mean?
Trailery means material or ornamentation with a trailing design or effect.
What part of speech is trailery?
Trailery is a noun.
What is the plural of trailery?
The plural of trailery is traileries.

Words near trailery in the dictionary

  1. trailerload
  2. trailerloads
  3. trailers
  4. trailership
  5. trailerships
  6. trailery
  7. trailest
  8. traileth
  9. trailhand
  10. trailhands
  11. trailhead

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