TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

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TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source) , a general term applied to that which is

drawn

DRAWN

or trailed behind or after anything else, the hind part or rear of anything. It is thus used of the portion of a skirt, robe or cloak which is lengthened behind so that when allowed to fall it trails along the ground. In ceremonial pro-cessions and other state functions the duty of keeping raised the

train

TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

of the sovereign's robes, or of the robes of

great

GREAT

officials and dignitaries, is assigned to pages or to official

train

TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

-bearers. The length of the train which ladies must

wear

WEAR

at royal courts, drawing-rooms or other state functions is fixed by regulations from the lord

chamberlain

's office. The

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

specific uses of the term are for the trail of a gun, that portion of the carriage which rests upon the ground when it is unlimbered, the line of gunpowder or other combustible material which is used to ignite a charge of explosives, and, figuratively, to an ordered

series

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

or sequence of events, thoughts, &c. The most familiar application is to a number of carriages, wagons or trucks coupled together and

drawn

DRAWN

by a locomotive

engine

ENGINE
ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

on a railway (see RAILWAYS). A

special

SPECIAL

use of the verb " to train," in the sense of to educate, to instruct, to bring into fit and proper

condition

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

, mental, moral or physical, is developed, as in " educate " (Lat. educare, literally, to draw out), from the sense of drawing or bringing out the good qualities aimed at in a course of instruction; a specific use is that of training for a race or other form of athletics, i.e. getting into fit physical

condition

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

.

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