Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He passed half a dozen of Langlois' trap-houses.

From The Honor of the Big Snows by Curwood, James Oliver

He ate no more baits in the trap-houses.

From Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars by Curwood, James Oliver

See, he has spoiled the fisher, and he has cleaned out my baits and knocked down the trap-houses.

From Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars by Curwood, James Oliver

It pays the trapper to have his trap-houses made and his traps hung up ready to set and bait immediately when the skins are prime.

From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Hunter, Martin

He urged on his dogs, stopping no more at the trap-houses, until, with a shrieking command, he brought them to a halt at the edge of a clearing cut in the forest.

From The Honor of the Big Snows by Curwood, James Oliver