cart trail

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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in the old Northwest, a track travelled by or intended for the use of a cart brigade.

Quotations

1898

We were exploring for a new cart trail in order to ship the Company's goods from the Peel to the Yukon, and found no particular difficulty.

1913

Mr. Finlayson was in charge of the neighbouring post at Touchwood Hills, only forty-five miles north of Qu'Appelle by a beautiful cart trail.