Edged rather than washed by the river Ganges, it trails for a couple of miles along the bank, scarcely distinguishable from the rubbish it deposits so freely.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— to hang down so as to drag along or sweep the ground
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Macmillan
— to move slowly and in a tired or unhappy way, often so that you are a short distance behind other people
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Collins
— A trail is a rough path across open country or through forests.
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1 use of ‘trails’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster