DCHP-1 Online

beat Obs.

• n. a browsing area where a group of moose or deer in winter tread down the snow, remaining there for protection and warmth until the fodder within easy reach is exhausted.

  See also: yard ((n.)) (def. 1a)  

  • 1828  . . . after much fatigue they reached the neighbourhood of the yard or beat of the moose-deer.