trek-town.
/ˈtrɛktəʊ/, U.S. /ˈtrɛkˌtoʊ/, South African English /ˈtrektəʊ/ South African. Also ).
The central chain or cable of twisted hide attached to a wagon-pole, to which the yokes of the oxen are fastened.
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tugwithe?1523
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > traces
tracec1350
side rope1370
wain-rope1371
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pintrace1440
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trek-tow1822
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tug-strap1882
trek-rope1883
trace-rope1900
1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 151 The trektouw (draw rope or trace), is a long rope made of twisted thongs of raw hide, made fast by a hook to the staple at the end of the pole, and having iron rings attached to it at proper distances, into which rings the yokes are hooked.
1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches ii. 141 A strong central trace (trektow), formed of twisted thongs of bullock's or buffalo's hide.
1835 A. Smith Diary 8 June (1940) II. 60 In this river the crocodile abounds; one carried off and swallowed a tracktoe belonging to a trader. [Note] Trek~touw, or draught rope.
1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 24 The waggon is steered by a pole, called the dissel-boom, to the end of which is fastened the trek-tow, a stout rope formed of raw buffalo-hide.
1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn ii. 26 As the wagon topped the rise they trotted down with slack trek-tous.
1972 A. Scholefield Wild Dog Running 214 I didn't know how many had been in the pride but two bullocks had been killed where they stood. A third had been dragged some yards from the trektou, the strong leather thong around his neck snapped like cotton.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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