DCHP-3

sled line

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a line used in the trappings of a dog-sled, especially to lash down the load.

Quotations

1896
Every man in the party but myself was more or less severely snow-blind, one or two so badly as to necessitate their holding on to a sledge-line for guidance.
1896
One of them grasped the sled line to show me how to straighten up the load, and tugged and hauled and tugged again without producing the slightest effect.
1905
The skin is made into boots, clothing, and sled lines; the fat used as oil for their stone lamps--the meat as a rule is eaten raw.