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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a man on snowshoes who runs ahead of a dog team making a passable track in new or deep snow.
See: foregoer(def 2.),runner ((1))(def 3.),track-beater,track-breaker,tracker(def 2.),trail-breaker(def 1.),run ((v.))(def 5.)
Quotations
1748
[In long Journies, through deep Snows, the Men generally go before them to beat a Path with the Snow Shoes; the Dogs soon grow accustomed to whatever thay are taught, and being docil and tractable are very useful.]
1936
When the trail was bad and snow deep, they marched on snow-shoes, sometimes with a "forerunner" to break trail. Generally they ran or walked, occasionally they rode on the sleds.
1954
The two policemen were travelling with two dog teams and two Indian fore-runners, making patrol up the Liard to the British Columbia boundary.