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section line West 
1 the survey line setting off a section (def. 2).
See also: section
- 1871 In exceptional cases, the rectangular system of survey admits of such subdivisions as to enable him to include all his improvements, whether or not they are on different sides of a section or quarter-section line.
- 1911 (1914) In time, there will be regular Government roads cut through the bush along the section lines every two miles east and west, and every mile north and south
2 a road running along the survey line separating sections.
See also: concession road
- 1957 . . . he stays strictly at home, except to go to the polls on election day and to walk up and down the section lines around home.
- 1871 In exceptional cases, the rectangular system of survey admits of such subdivisions as to enable him to include all his improvements, whether or not they are on different sides of a section or quarter-section line.