trapline

American  

[trap-lahyn] / ˈtræpˌlaɪn /

noun

1. the ensnaring filament of a spider's web.

2. a series of animal traps.

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Etymology

Origin of trapline

1885–90; trap ¹ ( def. ) + line ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

It was a one-man operation, and not very successful because I ran it on foot—or on a pair of skis when the snow came—and I rarely got over a twenty-mile trapline.

From Literature

I expanded the trapline to nearly sixty miles over the next three months.

From Literature

I thought I had to have a trapline to justify running the dogs, so I kept the line.

From Literature

When I started to run long, moved from running a work team, a trapline team, to training for the Iditarod, Storm took it in stride, changed the pace down to the long trot, matched what was needed, and settled in for the long haul.

From Literature

Nothing had changed in this corner of the Broadback Forest since he was a boy, or since he was picked by his father to become the tallyman of his extended family’s trapline, or ancestral hunting grounds.

From New York Times