different between trailer vs trawler

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?e?l?(?)/
• (US) enPR: tr??l?r, IPA^(key): /?t?e?l?/
• Rhymes: -e?l?(?)

Noun

trailer (plural trailers)

1. Someone who or something that trails.
2. Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.

   Synonyms: appendage, attachment, appendix, extension, extrusion

   the trailer of a plant

3. 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.

   At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.

   • 1980 April, Greg Stone, Utility hauling? Do it with your boat trailer, Popular Science, page 104,

     My trailer is a Highlander T-14 8G, one of the smallest trailers. I normally use it for carrying a pair of Sunfish sailboats that are much lighter than its 800-pound weight limit.

   • 2004, Mike Byrnes & Associates, Bumper to Bumper: The Complete Guide to Tractor-Trailer Operations, page 310,

     Or you can slide the trailer?s tandem forward toward the tractor. This changes the kingpin weight because you changed the “A” dimension of the trailer along with its wheel-base.

   • 2009, Norman Edward Robinson, Kim A. Sprayberry, Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, page 122,

     There is also a strong preference to avoid the cave effect associated with the front of most horse trailers and a strong desire to face the large opening between the top of the rear doors and the roof of the trailer.

4. (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.

   Synonyms: (US) camper, camper van, (UK) caravan, mobile home

5. (US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.

   Synonym: mobile home

6. (chiefly US, media) A preview of a film, video game or TV show.

   Synonyms: preview, teaser

7. A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
8. (computing) 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.

   Synonym: sentinel

9. (networking) The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.

   Antonym: header

Usage notes

• In Australia and the UK, use of trailer in the sense of “preview of a film” is gaining currency over the synonym preview, due to US influence.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

trailer (third-person singular simple present trailers, present participle trailering, simple past and past participle trailered)

1. To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.

   The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard.

Anagrams

• retiral, retrial

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch trailer, from English trailer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?trai?.l?r]
• Hyphenation: trai?lêr

Noun

trailer or trailêr

1. semi-trailer
2. (film) trailer, a preview of a film, video game or TV show.

Further reading

• “trailer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• trêiler (rare)

Noun

trailer m (plural trailers)

1. trailer (short preview of a film)
2. trailer (furnished vehicle towed behind another)

Romanian

Etymology

From English trailer.

Noun

trailer n (plural trailere)

1. trailer

Declension

Spanish

Noun

trailer m (plural trailers or trailer)

1. Alternative form of tráiler

English

Etymology

trawl +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??l?(r)

Noun

trawler (plural trawlers)

1. A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
2. A fisherman who uses a trawl net.

Descendants

• ? Faroese: trolari

Translations

See also

• troller

Czech

Etymology

From English trawler

Noun

trawler m

1. trawler (a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish)

French

Verb

trawler

1. (Louisiana, Cajun French) to trawl

Conjugation