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kitchen Fur Trade 
1 n. Obs. See quote.
- 1806 (1897) The camp consisted of about 120 leather tents (exclusive of small ones, or, as we call them, kitchens) . . . a small [tent] which appeared to be the remains of an old one cut down--that is, the lower parts, having become rotten and damaged by the weather, had been cut off, reducing the former size by about one-half. Such tents appear to be for the women's necessary occupations, such as cooking, preparing meat, dressing leather, etc.
2 n. See quote.
- 1933 . . . he was in charge of the Company's "kitchen," a small wooden building, still standing, where any one who comes to the post to trade can put up free.
- 1806 (1897) The camp consisted of about 120 leather tents (exclusive of small ones, or, as we call them, kitchens) . . . a small [tent] which appeared to be the remains of an old one cut down--that is, the lower parts, having become rotten and damaged by the weather, had been cut off, reducing the former size by about one-half. Such tents appear to be for the women's necessary occupations, such as cooking, preparing meat, dressing leather, etc.