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jerk-line N. Amer.|ˈdʒɜːklaɪn|
[f. jerk v.1 2.]
A rope used in place of reins to guide a team of horses, etc. Also attrib.
1888M. Grigsby Smoked Yank xix. 156 The driver rode on the nigh wheel mule, and drove the leader with a jerk⁓line. 1907S. E. White Arizona Nights iii. iv. 287, I bet that Sang would get a wiggle on him.., if he had a woman ahold of his jerk line. 1910J. Hart Vigilante Girl x. 140 This train of animals was driven by a ‘jerk line’ instead of reins. 1937J. Steinbeck Of Mice & Men ii. 61 He was a jerkline skinner..capable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders. 1960A. Downs Wagon Road North 43 Sometimes there were so many horses or mules hitched to a freight wagon that the use of reins was impractical. Under these circumstances a ‘jerk-line’ was used. This was a single line connected to the bridles of the lead horses. |