back-trail
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of back-trail
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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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)
The hounds had gotten on his back-trail, staying on it until it grew cold, then had left it.
From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane
Far down, under me, wound the narrow back-trail through the gulf below.
From The Hidden Children by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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
The following morning they had proceeded but a short distance upon the back-trail when they were met by a searching party from the school.
From The Gun-Brand by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
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