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drag⋅line

[drag-lahyn]
–noun
1. a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
2. dragline crane.

Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; drag + line 1

dragline crane

–noun
an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
Also called dragline.
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drag·line   (drāg'līn')   
n.  
  1. A line used for dragging.

  2. A kind of dredging machine.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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