DCHP-3

moccasin trail

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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any of the trails followed by explorers and fur traders in the Northwest (def. 1a).

See: Northwest(def. 1a)

Quotations

1957
In less than two hundred years the French Canadians . . . have burst the bounds of Quebec, resumed the old westward march on the moccasin trails of their fathers, and colored the whole life of Canada.
1958
The old "moccasin trails" of Mackenzie's day were in much better condition than the horse trails that have superceded them.