trails (noun)
1en|trails — «EHN traylz, truhlz», noun (plural). 1. the inner parts of a human being or animal: »Before a chicken can be cooked, the entrails are removed. 2. the intestines; bowels. 3. any inner parts. ╂[< Old French entrailles < Late Latin intrālia… …
2en·trails — /ˈɛnˌtreılz/ noun [plural] : the internal organs of an animal sheep entrails sometimes used figuratively examining the entrails of a computer …
3paper trail — noun the written evidence of someone s activities this paper trail consisted mainly of electronically stored information • Hypernyms: ↑written record, ↑written account * * * noun, pl ⋯ trails [count] chiefly US : documents (such as financial… …
4audit trail — noun : a record of a sequence of events (as actions performed by a computer) from which a history of those events may be reconstructed * * * 1. Accounting. the process or an instance of cross referring each bookkeeping entry to its source in… …
5nature trail — noun : a trail (as through a woods) usually with natural features identified for better enjoyment or study of nature * * * noun, pl ⋯ trails [count] : a path through a forest, field, mountain range, etc., that is used for hiking and seeing plants …
6skywriting — noun words in the form of smoke trails made by an aircraft, especially for advertising. Derivatives skywriter noun …
7railroad worm — noun larvae bore into and feed on apples • Syn: ↑apple maggot, ↑Rhagoletis pomonella • Hypernyms: ↑fruit fly, ↑pomace fly • Member Holonyms: ↑Rhagoletis, ↑genus Rhagoletis …
8cyclocross — noun A form of bicycle racing consisting of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles and requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike whilst navigating the obstruction and remount… …
9star trail — noun The line of light recorded on a photographic medium when a time exposure is made of a star in the nighttime sky using a camera on a fixed mount, caused by the rotation of the earth during the period of time when …
10neoichnology — noun A branch of ichnology concerned with the study of modern traces (such as burrows, trails, etc.) created by organisms on and within fresh sediments …
