back-trail
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of back-trail
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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She fled, stumbled, stood still in the entrance to the back-trail.
From Sacrifice by Whitman, Stephen French
He could have gained the top of the mountain more easily and quickly by quartering the face of it on a back-trail, but this would have thrown the wind too far under him.
From The Grizzly King by Curwood, James Oliver
Heading the dogs southward, Joe Pete struck into the back-trail and, running behind, with a firm grip on the tail-rope, urged them into a pace that carried the outfit swiftly over the level snow-covered ice.
From Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
For a few moments the unknown man searched his own back-trail, standing as motionless as the trunk of a lichened beech-tree.
From In Secret by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Gale climbed a rocky wall above the arroyo bank, and there, with command over the miles of the back-trail, he watched.
From Desert Gold by Grey, Zane
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