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
We rode up to the front of the principal one, dismounted, and hitched our horses by dropping the trail rope to the ground.
From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Orange Jacobs
He leapt up on the seat, and, at imminent risk of falling headlong, released the grapnel-rope from the toggle that held it, sprang on to the trail rope and disengaged that also.
From The War in the Air by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The other end of the rope has an eye, and is fitted to slide down the main trail rope and catch on a knot at the end.
From British Airships, Past, Present, and Future by George Whale
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