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headline

• n. North a strong leather line attached to the front of a dog-sled, to permit the driver to aid the dogs when the difficult terrain requires it.

  See also: dog-sled  tail-line  

  • 1924  Others [toboggans] have the tanned leather wrapper with the head and tail lines.
  • 1956  Then will come another portage, an uphill portage. You'll grab the headline of the sleigh, pull with the dogs. . . .