See Also: dingle(1)(dictionary)
dingle(2)(dictionary)
Dingle(tourism)
dingle-dangle(dictionary)

trailing (iou) and dingle(1) (iou)


trailing (iou)



trailing ppl adjective. ME.
[from TRAIL verb + -ING2.]
That trails or drags; drifting along; hanging loosely; following passively; spec. (of a plant) having an elongated decumbent manner of growth.
trailing AZALEA. trailing edge (a) the rear edge of a moving body, esp. an aircraft wing or propeller blade; (b) Electronics the part of a pulse in which the amplitude diminishes. trailing vortex: formed behind the trailing edge of an object, esp. a wing, propeller, etc. trailing wheel a wheel to which motive force is not directly applied, esp. when behind the driving-wheel or -wheels.
trailingly adverb L16.

dingle(1) (iou)



dingle noun. ME.
[Origin uncertain: perh. a doublet of DIMBLE.]
A deep abyss. Only in ME.
A deep hollow or dell, esp. (chiefly literary) one shaded by trees. Also (dial.) a cleft between hills. M17.
Southey Seek some sequestered dingle's coolest shade.
Comb.: dingle-bird = bell-miner s.v. BELL noun1.
dingly adjective of the Nature of a dingle, having many dingles M19.