plural of trunk line

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, trunk. / (astronomy) An extended pillar-like mass of interstellar gas and dust found near a massive star.

(rail transport) A main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network. / The main line of a canal, from which other sections diverge.

(now historical) Synonym of trunkhose

(historical) A sleeve, in clothing, with the upper part puffed.

plural of trunk sleeve

(anatomy) A bundle of nerve fibres, held together by a sheath of connective tissue, that makes up the main stem of a nerve

(anatomy) An artery that arises from the right ventricle of the heart and branches into the right and left pulmonary arteries.

Synonym of brachiocephalic artery

(anatomy) A string of ganglia running down each side of the spinal cord throughout most of its length, containing cell bodies of neurons that belong to the sympathetic nervous system and that project axons to muscles and glands.