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trailing

/ˈtɹeɪ.lɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. Fabric or other material that trails.

Plural trailings

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But one can dream just as well in them as in lovely trailing ones, with frills around the neck, that’s one consolation.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 34 · C1
Barry beside him and a whole procession of little girls trailing after him.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 176 · C1
But soon their skins turned cold, for there came a sound of galloping across the moor, and the black mare, dabbled with white froth, went past with trailing bridle and empty saddle.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 13 · C1
A long black shadow was trailing down the corridor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 100 · C1

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