trip line

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trip line¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

KRDO-TV reported Wednesday that the bicyclists were recently riding across a bridge on the Rock Island Trail when their bikes hit a trip line.

From Washington Times

Warren’s ethnic heritage has long been a partisan trip line.

From The Guardian

Invisible to the two men, a trip line joined the box to a yard sign, apparently stolen from another location in the neighborhood.

From Washington Post

The next EpiPen crisis is no doubt in the making, with patients already suffering from inexplicable rising prices for a much-needed drug, until that trip line of outrage is once again crossed.

From New York Times