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trip line

 
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–noun
1. (in lumbering) a line for freeing a dog hook from a log at a distance.
2. haulback.
Origin:
1900–05
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haul⋅back

  [hawl-bak]
–noun
(in lumbering) a small line for pulling a cable back to its original position after it has been used to haul a log away.
Also called trip line.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase haul back
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trip line

noun
a light rope used in lumbering to free a dog hook from a log at a distance 
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