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Definition of Trip line
1. Noun. A light rope used in lumbering to free a dog hook from a log at a distance.
Generic synonyms: Rope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trip Line
Literary usage of Trip line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1914)
"... which ran a certain cable called the "trip-line," said trip-line being a cable
about five eighths of an inch in diameter, and it was attached to a drum, ..."
2. Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States by Ralph Clement Bryant (1913)
"See trip line. Throw out. See Frog. Tide, n. A freshet. ... (NF) trip line. i.
A light rope attached to a dog hook, used to free the latter ..."
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