pack-rope

The bight of the pack-rope under the dead man's shoulders enabled him to heave the body out of the hole.

All Gold Canon 2010

The bight of the pack-rope under the dead man's shoulders enabled him to heave the body out of the hole.

All Gold Cañon 2010

At the same time we rendered Bevans incapable of hostile movement by anchoring both hands securely behind his back with a pack-rope.

Raw Gold A Novel Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

The carga is then placed on the top, if a single pack; or if two of equal size and weight one on each side, being coupled together by a rope, which balances them on the mule's back: a stout pack-rope is then thrown over all, drawn as tight as possible under the belly, and laced round the packs, securing the load firmly in its place.

Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains 1916

The lash rope, or pack-rope, in the Army is one-half inch in size and is fifty feet long; but a forty-foot rope is plenty long enough for Scouts.

Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies 1911

You will furthermore want a pack-cinch and a pack-rope for each horse.

The Mountains Stewart Edward White 1909

Next morning, after the sheep were out, Pete picked up a pack-rope and amused himself by flipping the loop on the burros, the clumps of brush, stubs, and limbs, keeping at it until the old herder noticed and nodded.

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

The bight of the pack-rope under the dead man's shoulders enabled him to heave the body out of the hole.

All Gold Canyon 1906

You will furthermore want a pack-cinch and a pack-rope for each horse.

The Mountains 1904

Once fifty or sixty pounds of beef that was tied on his back slid over his shoulders along his neck and weighed down his head to the ground, fairly anchoring him; but he stood patient and still for half an hour or so without making the slightest struggle to free himself, while I was away getting help to untie the pack-rope and set the load back in its place.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876