uptrace
uptrace · uptraces
An almost vertical line that attaches a float to a bait that is resting on the bed of…An almost vertical line that attaches a float to a bait that is resting on the bed of the river.
Meaning
2 sensesAn almost vertical line that attaches a float to a bait that is resting on the bed of the river.
The process of taking scientific samples as a probe is moving upward.
Origin
From up- + trace.From up- + trace.
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