DCHP-3

cat-path

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a trapline.

Quotations

1775
I went to Friend's Point, and there met with another cat-path, with twenty-six traps in it.
1842
The traps for martens are placed along a blazed path (called a "cat-path") leading into the interior, and varying in length from one to three day's walk, according to the address and activity of the hunter.