DCHP-2
trailbuilder DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1 n.
a person who cuts or breaks a trail through the bush.
See also: trail-cutter
- 1965 According to one story, a party of trailbuilders came to a gulch with steep limestone cliffs surrounding it and saw a bearded fellow hoeing a garden beside a shanty below.
2 n.
a bulldozer moving ahead to break a trail for a party in the bush.
- 1949 The large trailbuilder necessarily was always in the lead.
- 1965 According to one story, a party of trailbuilders came to a gulch with steep limestone cliffs surrounding it and saw a bearded fellow hoeing a garden beside a shanty below.