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chantier [< Cdn F "logger's cabin or camp" < F "timber yard, dock"]

• 1 n. Obs. a crude hut used as a dwelling by lumbermen in the bush.

  See also: chantie (def. 2)  shanty ((n.)) (def. 1a)  

• 2 n. Obs. See 1958 quote.

  See also: chantie (def. 1)  shanty ((n.)) (def. 2a)  

• 3a n. Fur Trade, Obs. See quote.

• 3b n. an article made at such a building yard.

• 4 n. N. Ont. a co-operative of independent loggers.

  See also: settler (def. 3)