Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trapline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: trapline
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A series or line of traps.

Example Sentences

"On the eve of her 83rd birthday, Laura Flood looks forward to teaching her granddaughter Angel Larkman the finer points of running a trapline or hunting moose in the Temiskaming bush."

Etymology

From trap + line.

Inflected Forms

traplines (plural)

Questions

What does trapline mean?: A series or line of traps.
Where does trapline come from?: From trap + line.

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