range line


noun
  1. (in U.S. public-land surveys) one of two parallel lines running north and south that define the east and west borders of a township.: Compare township (def. 2), township line.

Origin of range line

1
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Words Nearby range line

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How to use range line in a sentence

  • Nels Anderson, their boss, keeps them all riding our range line.

  • They swung westward along the range line to the place where Doug and Slim had picked off the tracks of the missing cattle.

  • This "range line House" was inhabited now—a settler was putting in winter-residence so he might not lose his claim.

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