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cabane Cdn French

• 1 n. a building where sugaring-off (def. 1) takes place.

  See also: sugaring-hut  sugaring-off (def. 1)  

  • 1836  Two young persons of the name of Scott, were nearly killed in their sugar hut (Cabane) by the fall of a Maple.

• 2 n. a cabin or hut.

  • 1843  (1955)  I went to look for their cabane.
  • 1846  (1955)  Two large fresh logs were laid across the middle of the caban, on which was lighted a pile of dry wood.
  • 1901  you can't see not'ing at all, but smoke of de leetle cabane

• 3 n. a domed structure of mud, sticks, stones, etc. built as a rule in a beaver pond behind the dam and used as a den by a family of beavers.

  See also: beaver lodge  

  • 1897  A friend has given me a sectional sketch of a beaver's cabane and many items of information about their habits. . . .