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goat

• 1a n. Fur Trade, Obs. the pronghorn, Antilocapra americana, of the southern prairies.

  See also: antelope  

  • 1754  (1907)  Two young men brought in 3 Goats: they are not so large as the Welsh ones.
  • 1853  What Norman had shot, then, was an antelope; and the reason why it is called "cabree" by the voyageurs, and "goat" by the fur-traders, is partly from its colour resembling that of the common goat, but more from the fact, that along the upper part of its neck there is a standing mane, which does in truth give it somewhat the appearance of the European goat

• 1b n. a goatlike mammal, Oreamnos montanus, found in the western mountains and related to the European chamois.

  See also: Rocky Mountain goat  

  • 1888  (1890)  About 4.30 in the afternoon we reached the creek we meant to camp on; excellent water, wood, and lots of grass again, added to which it looked good goat country.
  • 1905  Here more than thirty goats were scattered over a small area--goats of all sizes and apparently all ages, from shaggy patriarchs to tiny kids only a few weeks old.
  • 1957  Midwinter in the Rockies and the tracks of moose, deer, elk, sheep, and goat circle the lower hills in criss-cross webbing.

• 2 n. Hist. a kind of locomotive (U-class) built in 1905 and used in certain coal mines.

  • 1964  . . . the Canmore "goat" is receiving a more thorough check

• 3 n. See quote in rigging goat.

  See also: rigging goat