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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a way, especially a footpath, through wild country or bush.
Quotations
1858
The man . . . had no right to the privilege of using the trail for his walks. . . .
1862
At the present day the trail--which is the name given in the country for any sort of path--is so improved that I believe mules travel by it.
1909
The Indian's [sic] called their path through the bush and over the prairie, a trail, and for many years these were the only paths on the great prairies.
1965
. . . the trailmakers have been greeted with a surprising degree of co-operation from the landowners . . . whose permission had to be obtained for routing the trail across their land.