DCHP-1 Online
lateer la tire [< Cdn F < F la tire toffee < tirer draw, pull] 
n. maple-syrup candy, often made by pouring the syrup over the snow so that it hardens in brittle sheets.
See also: taffy (def. 1)
- 1903 . . . the gentlemen served each lady with a block of hard snow upon which had been poured some of the boiling [maple] sugar, which immediately hardened into "lateer," or "taffy."
- 1959 Then . . . we pass around, pouring out this hot [maple] syrup onto the snow. We call this syrup on snow la tire, and how good it tastes!
- 1903 . . . the gentlemen served each lady with a block of hard snow upon which had been poured some of the boiling [maple] sugar, which immediately hardened into "lateer," or "taffy."