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neck 
1 v. pull a sled with the traces passing over the shoulder near the neck.
- 1937 Men dragging sleds straggled up the river, "necking" it to the "pot of gold at the Rainbow's end".
- 1954 As we drove along we overtook brawny young men "necking" heavy sleighloads of provisions home from town (the traces passed around their necks).
2 v. draw or lead a canoe, boat, scow, etc. through rapids, shallows, or other difficult stretches of water by means of a line or lines running from the craft to a man, or men, on the bank or shore.
See also: track
- 1940 At other times you neck the boat up the river, that is, walk along the river bar some distance ahead of the boat, tugging against a rope which is attached on one end to the bow and the other to the stern.
- 1937 Men dragging sleds straggled up the river, "necking" it to the "pot of gold at the Rainbow's end".