trip line

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

   Broaderrope

Questions about trip line

What does trip line mean?

trip line means "a light rope used in lumbering to free a dog hook from a log at a distance".

Is trip line a common word?

trip line is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.