1º_ Diminutive of trail ( "dragging tool" , "city fair" ) . 2nd_ From the above, a tool for carding tow or hemp, or for dragging dry leaves, straw, loose pebbles in the ground. It's a kind of brush with large, comb-like teeth that can have a long, perpendicular handle in the center to move it around. 3º_ Because of the similarity with the shape of the previous one, and because it drags the beard, the disposable shaver is usually called that. 4º_ By association with its parallel teeth or wires, the grille door is also so called. 5th_ Inflection of the verb rake . See verbs/rake.