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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 156 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from See also:Late See also:Lat. trahinare, to See also:drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)  , a See also:general See also:term applied to that which is See also:drawn or trailed behind or after anything else, the See also:hind See also:part or See also: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 See also:pro-cessions and other See also:state functions the See also:duty of keeping raised the See also:train of the See also:sovereign's See also:robes, or of the robes of See also:great officials and dignitaries, is assigned to pages or to See also:official train-bearers . The length of the train which ladies must See also:wear at royal courts, See also:drawing-rooms or other state functions is fixed by regulations from the See also:lord See also:chamberlain's See also:office . The See also:chief specific uses of the term are for the trail of a See also:gun, that portion of the See also:carriage which rests upon the ground when it is unlimbered, the See also:line of See also:gunpowder or other combustible material which is used to ignite a See also:charge of See also:explosives, and, figuratively, to an ordered See also:series or sequence of events, thoughts, &c . The most See also:familiar application is to a number of carriages, wagons or trucks coupled together and drawn by a See also:locomotive See also:engine on a railway (see See also:RAILWAYS) . A See also:special use of the verb " to train," in the sense of to educate, to instruct, to bring into See also:fit and proper See also:condition, See also:mental, moral or See also:physical, is See also:developed, as in " educate " (See also:Lat. educare, literally, to draw out), from the sense of drawing or bringing out the See also:good qualities aimed at in a course of instruction; a specific use is that of training for a See also:race or other See also:form of athletics, i.e. getting into fit physical condition .

End of Article: 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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