back-trail

[bak-treyl]

verb (used without object)

Origin of back-trail

First recorded in 1905–10

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I don't like to back-trail, anyway; it's a bad habit to get into.
They of the High Trails
Hamlin Garland
She fled, stumbled, stood still in the entrance to the back-trail.
Sacrifice
Stephen French Whitman
"But, Jim, I'll never be able to find the back-trail," said Joan.
The Border Legion
Zane Grey
An' I waited there all afternoon till dark, expectin' mebbe they'd back-trail.
The Man of the Forest
Zane Grey
And with a sigh, she replaced the packet in the bag, and returned to her scrutiny of the back-trail.
Snowdrift
James B. Hendryx