trail rope
Americannoun
noun
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another name for dragrope
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a long rope formerly used for various military purposes, esp to allow a vehicle, horses, or men to pull a gun carriage
Etymology
Origin of trail rope
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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My blind roommate and I hook arms and help each other find the trail rope that sporadically disappears in places, and we make it there and back, triumphant.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 1454
As the waves came even closer to his perch, Joseph dumped the last of his sand ballast and busied himself cutting up his trail rope to throw that out piece by piece.
From Time Magazine Archive
Green, as we have seen, was in favour of a trail rope of inordinate length, which he recommended both as an aid to steering and for a saving of ballast.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by John Mackenzie Bacon
Suppose, however, that as soon as the side sail is hoisted a trail rope is also dropped aft from a spar in the rigging.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by John Mackenzie Bacon
The big wagon had already crossed when David on Bess, with Ben at the end of a trail rope, started into the stream.
From The Emigrant Trail by Geraldine Bonner
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