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Definition of "trapline" []

  • A route or circuit along which a series of animal traps is set. (noun)
  • The traps set along such a route or circuit. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "trapline" in a sentence
  • "Marty and Dominique send us DVD's that they film of themselves and their life when they are out on the trapline."
  • "A friend of his, a cowboy of extraordinary skill, ran a trapline during the winter."
  • "I now know that after I run my trapline and do a little morning work on the firewood I will be enjoying one last deer hunt before the season ends, and I'll thank your dad tomorrow while I'm basking in the winter solitude."