trapline

[ trap-lahyn ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trapline¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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.

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

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