traplines
/ˈtræpˌlaɪnz/
noun
- A series of animal traps set along a route, typically in a wilderness area, checked regularly by a trapper.
- Setting up traplines in the forest requires knowledge of animal paths.
- He inherited his grandfather's traplines in the northern woods.
- The trapper checked his traplines every morning before the snow melted.
- The route or path along which a series of traps are placed.
- They followed the old traplines through the dense brush.
- Walking the traplines took most of the day.
- The map showed the traplines winding through the valley.