DCHP-1 Online
bois des prairies Cdn French "prairie wood" Obs. 
dry buffalo dung used as fuel.
See also: bois de vache
- 1859 (1870) . . . dry buffalo dung--"bois des prairies" I believe the French voyageurs call it . . . is sometimes also spoken of as buffalo chips.
- 1859 (1870) . . . dry buffalo dung--"bois des prairies" I believe the French voyageurs call it . . . is sometimes also spoken of as buffalo chips.