tote road
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tote road
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Working with limited equipment in winter weather, the "Hairy Ears" found a way, slashed out a tote road.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were seen like this one morning by a timber-cruising forester returning to his jeep along an old tote road deep in the Ironmouth Range.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
Her charioteer swung the big bays and headed them toward the mouth of the tote road, halting them near her.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Day, Holman
Without further word or look he lashed the stallion; the animal broke away with a squeal, and Prophet Eli’s “ding-swingle” disappeared down the tote road in a swirl of snow.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
They set off down the old tote road, and after a walk of nearly an hour came upon several shacks, all boarded up, and bearing an air of desolation and abandonment.
From The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers by Labelle, Claude A.
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