The potentially recoverable traces of data left behind by any activity; the general case, independent of medium, of which a paper trail is (in its literal sense) a medium-specific case.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wombat, trail. / (Australian politics, informal) The rural campaign trail, particularly with reference to the National Party.

plural of nature trail

A hiking trail that runs through the countryside, along which there are marked stations or stops next to points of natural, technological, or cultural interest.

A trail that is conspicuous and therefore easy to follow. / (figuratively, approbative) A beaten track; a well-trodden path.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trail behind

simple past tense and past participle of trail behind

(transitive) To increase or to succeed at a rate lower than (something else). / (transitive) To follow (someone) slowly, usually surreptitiously.

plural of wombat trail

(fishing) A dragnet.