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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: forerunner
Quotations
1908
He was a wonderful little animal; he never seemed tired or weary; he was always ready and willing to follow the track beater, or the sled ahead of him; for three-fourths of the entire journey he acted as foregoer or leader of his own team.
1921
. . . the Indian track-beater [was] hurrying far ahead while the half-breed dog-driver loped behind the sled.