trailery
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
trailery (countable and uncountable, plural traileries)
- Material or ornamentation with a trailing design or effect.
- 1903, The Smart Set (volume 10, page 49)
- […] traileries swished around the parquet of the gallery to the room nearest the staircase, and her little, high-heeled mules tick-tacked sleepy footsteps.
- 1980, Jane Hollingworth, Collecting Decanters (page 98)
- […] a trailery of rose buds and leaves carved out of triple-layered coloured glass.
- 1903, The Smart Set (volume 10, page 49)