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trail hand

trail hand is the alternative spelling of trailhand.

Meaning of trailhand

Noun

trailhand (plural trailhands)

  1. (US) A cowboy or skilled horseman who routinely rides through the rural countryside.
    • I've gone horseback riding many times since I was a little girl, and my 9-year-old daughter Emily considered herself an old trailhand.2003 July 6, Sara Campbell, “When a horseback ride turns into horror on the hoof”, in The Dallas Morning News
  2. (US) In the Old West, a mounted worker employed on a cattle drive.

Forms of trail hand

pluraltrail hands

Questions about trail hand

What is trail hand the alternative spelling of?
Trail hand is the alternative spelling of trailhand.

Words near trail hand in the dictionary

  1. trail boat
  2. trail boats
  3. trail braking
  4. trail camera
  5. trail cameras
  6. trail hand
  7. trail hands
  8. trail head
  9. trail heads
  10. trail hitter
  11. trail hitters

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