Comes to the trails of ships (5)

I believe the answer is:

wakes

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'comes to' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

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(Other definitions for wakes that I've seen before include "Rouses from sleep" , "Comes to life" , "Has sleep disturbed" , "holiday up north" , "parties?" .)

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