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trip line

noun

  1. (in lumbering) a line for freeing a dog hook from a log at a distance.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trip line1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

A trip-line is made fast to an anchor with a clove hitch round the crown, and either buoyed or led on board.

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