DCHP-3

trail-maker

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

one who leads the way into new fields; pathfinder.

See: trailblazer (def. 3)

Quotations

1921
Ragged, poor, roofless, grubstaked by “pardner” or outfitter on a basis of half profit, the prospector stands as the eternal type of the trail-maker for finance.
2n.

a man knowledgeable about life on the trail in wild country.

Quotations

1929
Billy, though an unexcelled trail maker in an unsettled wilderness, had the not uncommon peculiarity among pioneers of becoming confused in a network of roads.
3n.

a person who cuts or breaks a trail through the bush.

Quotations

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.