DCHP-2

swing DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n. — North

  a train of sleighs or freight canoes, so called because they move, or swing, over a certain route in periodic trips.

  See also: swile  

• 2 n. — North

  a tractor-drawn train of sleds and cabooses (def. 5), the principal means of transporting freight, supplies, etc. in the Canadian North in winter.

  See also: caboose (def. 5)  cat-swing  cat-train  

• 3 n. — West

  a cowboy who rides well out to the side of a herd to keep the animals from spreading.

  See also: swing-out