trapper hitch

North

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a method of harnessing sled-dogs in single file, used in country where there are obstructions, as in the bush. [See picture at tandem hitch.]

See: tandem hitch(and picture)

Quotations

1939

[Caption] Karl Johnson's team, trapper hitch.