DCHP-1 Online
trackline 
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 (def. 1) tracking line
- 1925 ". . . we picked up them scows for twenty dollars at Fort McMurray, an' we tracklined 'em up with a crew of Injuns. . . ."
- 1925 ". . . we picked up them scows for twenty dollars at Fort McMurray, an' we tracklined 'em up with a crew of Injuns. . . ."