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trail herd

American  

noun

  1. a herd of cattle driven along a trail, especially from their home range to market.


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It was the first trail herd that had been started eastward since the coming of the railroad.

From The Trail Horde by Seltzer, Charles Alden

Honest, th' main corral would hold a full trail herd of three thousand head easy.

From The Boy Scouts Book of Stories by Louderback, Walt

And later, when the cattle were driven out of the corral, and the trail herd crew straggled behind them over the level that led southward, the men were grinning.

From 'Drag' Harlan by Seltzer, Charles Alden

But Houck’s party did not show up, and before break of day the camp of the trail herd outfit was broken.

From The Fighting Edge by Raine, William MacLeod

All pull yer freight tergether, neow swallow fork an' change, 'Big Boston' lead the trail herd, through little Pitchfork's range. p.

From Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by Lomax, John Avery

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