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a herd of cattle driven along a trail, esp. from their home range to market.
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trail herd
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trail herd — noun West : a herd of cattle fit for trailing or being trailed especially from the range to a railhead or market * * * a herd of cattle driven along a trail, esp. from their home range to market … Useful english dictionary
trail boss — noun the person responsible for driving a herd of cattle • Hypernyms: ↑supervisor * * * noun West : one in charge of a trail herd the trail boss put three hands in front to hold the leaders back S.E.Fletcher * * * (in Western U.S.) a person… … Useful english dictionary
trail boss — (in Western U.S.) a person responsible for driving a herd of cattle. [1885 90, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
trail man — a cowboy on horseback who helps in driving a cattle herd. [1880 85, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
trail cutter — noun : a cowboy who breaks through a moving herd of cattle to search for strays … Useful english dictionary
trail man — noun see trailman 2 * * * a cowboy on horseback who helps in driving a cattle herd. [1880 85, Amer.] … Useful english dictionary
Chisholm Trail — The Chisholm Trail was a trail used in the late 19th century to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads. The portion of the trail marked by Jesse Chisholm went from his southern trading post near the Red River, to his… … Wikipedia
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Great Western Cattle Trail — The Great Western Cattle Trail was used in the 19th century for movement of cattle to markets in the East. It ran west of and roughly parallel to the Chisholm Trail. The Great Western Trail began at Bandera west of San Antonio and passed near… … Wikipedia
Abilene Trail — The Abilene Trail was a cattle trail leading from Texas to Abilene, Kansas. Its exact route is disputed owing to its many offshoots, but it crossed the Red River a little east of Henrietta, Texas, and continued north across the Indian Territory… … Wikipedia
