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CHISHOLM TRAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chisholm Trail mean? 

CHISHOLM TRAIL (noun)
  The noun CHISHOLM TRAIL has 1 sense:

1. a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880splay

  Familiarity information: CHISHOLM TRAIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHISHOLM TRAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

cattle trail (a trail over which cattle were driven to market)

Holonyms ("Chisholm Trail" is a part of...):

Kan.; Kansas; KS; Sunflower State (a state in midwestern United States)

Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)


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