DCHP-2

tracking DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n. — Esp. North

  the action or activity of one who tracks.

  See also: lining  track  warping  

  • 1775  (1951)  Our Distance about 24 miles, at 22 Miles Tracking. . . .
  • 1847  (1947)  . . . tracking was equally laborious, and the water too deep in most places for using poles.
  • 1938  . . . tracking has become a lost art. The name applies to the method of hauling a boat against the current from the shore by means of a longrope attached to it in such a manner that the boat was almost in a state of balance--the current tended to force it out while the pull of the rope counteracted this.
  • 1965  The steep climb up is achieved by a bruising marathon of poling, tracking, portaging, and wading. . . .

• 2 n.

  See quote.

  • 1866  Moose hunting lasts throughout the autumn and winter, and there are several different methods of pursuing the sport, as "calling," "driving," "creeping," and "tracking," or hunting on snow-shoes, sometimes called "crusting."