DCHP-1 Online
trail † 
n. a way, especially a footpath, through wild country or bush.
- 1858 The man . . . had no right to the privilege of using the trail for his walks. . . .
- 1862 At the present day the trail--which is the name given in the country for any sort of path--is so improved that I believe mules travel by it.
- 1909 The Indian's [sic] called their path through the bush and over the prairie, a trail, and for many years these were the only paths on the great prairies.
- 1965 . . . the trailmakers have been greeted with a surprising degree of co-operation from the landowners . . . whose permission had to be obtained for routing the trail across their land.
- 1858 The man . . . had no right to the privilege of using the trail for his walks. . . .