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1. A heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.

2. The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve materials of all kinds.

3. A following edge. See Advancing edge, above.

Part of Speech: Noun

1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement.

2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare.

3. That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.

4. The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.

5. The tail of a bird.

6. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.

7. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.

8. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.

9. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.

10. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.

11. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.

12. A roll train; as, a 12- inch train.

Part of Speech: verb

1. To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.

2. To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.

Part of Speech: verb transitive

1. To draw along; to trail; to drag.

2. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

3. To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.

4. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.

5. To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.

6. To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.