drag path

noun3

1. •
   A path or trail on which something was (or can be) dragged or moved.

   • At several spots along the drag path she saw sets of deep claw indentations. — 1979
2. •
   A skid trail or skid road; a narrow, temporary path created or used by forestry machinery (skidders) to drag felled trees or logs from the stump to a central landing area for processing.

   • The specimen was one of a pair in dense bamboo and deciduous scrub jungle bordering a drag-path for logs. — 1886
3. •
   A visible trail, mark, or disturbance on the ground or floor indicating that a person, victim, or heavy object was dragged from one location to another; a critical piece of forensic evidence used to reconstruct movements, locate bodies, or identify the path taken by perpetrators.

   • A dragpath of blood went through the double doorway and the hall, where the attackers must have taken away some wounded of their own. — 1972