Definition for

trace


To mark out upon the ground the lines of a field-work.

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noun – The original position or place of a figure after that figure has been supposed to move: thus a circle is the closed line which will slide in its trace

noun – The intersection of a surface by a given line or surface: as, the trace of a liue is a point; the trace of a surface is a line.

noun – In angling, a short line or a length of gut by which the hook is attached to the reel-line; a snell; a snood; a leader.

noun – One of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or other vehicle is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft-animal. See cut under harness.

To hitch up; put in the traces.

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