DCHP-1 Online

herd-camp West

• n. an enclosed pasture near a fur post or fort where spare horses were kept under surveillance.

  See also: horseguard (def. 1)  

  • 1923  I went to the herd-camp and hid all day under a tarpaulin. . . .
  • 1923  Hector was in charge of the Police herd-camp a few miles from the fort.