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trapline

[ trap-lahyn ]

noun

  1. the ensnaring filament of a spider's web.
  2. a series of animal traps.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trapline1

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Example Sentences

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.

“Now,’’ his father told him, “it’s up to you to protect our trapline.’

His grandfather — the tallyman of Mr. Happyjack’s trapline — had taught him to hunt and love the Broadback.

In each trapline, the tallyman was responsible for making sure that its members were using the land and its resources so that the trapline would keep providing for future generations.

A respected figure among the Crees, his Indigenous community, the tallyman made sure there were enough animals and other resources in the trapline for current and future generations.

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