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trapline

trapline noun: a series or line of traps.

Noun

trapline (plural traplines)

  1. A series or line of traps.
    • On the eve of her 83rd birthday, Laura Flood looks forward to teaching her granddaughter Angel Larkman the finer points of running a trapline or hunting moose in the Temiskaming bush.2009 February 28, Tracey Tyler, “Appeal ruling a setback in Indian status battle”, in Toronto Star

Forms of trapline

pluraltraplines

Origin of trapline

From trap + line.

Questions about trapline

What does trapline mean?
Trapline means a series or line of traps.
What part of speech is trapline?
Trapline is a noun.
What is the plural of trapline?
The plural of trapline is traplines.

Words near trapline in the dictionary

  1. trapjaw ant
  2. trapjaw ants
  3. trapjaws
  4. trapless
  5. traplike
  6. trapline
  7. traplines
  8. traplining
  9. trapmaker
  10. trapmakers
  11. trapmaking

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