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 Bacon, John Mackenzie
No great difficulty was encountered in making fast the trail rope, and the airship proved quite easy to handle.
From British Airships, Past, Present, and Future by Whale, George
His only hope was to raise her, to catch her at full speed, And oft-times he had been known to catch the trail rope off his steed.
From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various
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