Usually means: Crane with bucket for excavation.
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  1. dragline: Merriam-Webster
  2. dragline: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dragline: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dragline: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Dragline, dragline: Wordnik
  6. dragline: Wiktionary
  7. dragline: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. dragline: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. dragline: Dictionary.com
  10. Dragline (album), Dragline: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. dragline: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dragline: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (dragline)

noun:  A cable, cord, or rope used to drag an object; specifically, the line of a dragline excavator that drags the bucket.
noun:  A strong supporting line of silk produced by a spider.
noun:  Short for dragline excavator. [Any of several very large vehicles used for lifting, especially in the process of mining: basically an excavator which drags its bucket to fill it.]

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