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
The balloon was to be kept near the earth, and steered, as far as this might be practicable, by means of a trail rope.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by John Mackenzie Bacon
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 junction of this bridle with the two cables from the skids forms the mooring point and there the main trail rope is attached.
From British Airships, Past, Present, and Future by George Whale
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