DCHP-1 Online
leavings West, Obs. (except in place names) 
n. pl. a point where travellers left a water route to take a trail leading across the plains.
See also: jumping-off place (def. 1) Montée
- 1884 Rev. C. Scollen is erecting Roman Catholic mission buildings at Coyote's place at the leavings of Battle River.
- 1913 . . . small irrigation schemes were planned and put into effect at Leeds and Elliott's Ranch at The Leavings. . . .
- 1928 . . . we still had about twenty miles to travel to the Leavings [between Calgary and Macleod, Alta], where we should find food and shelter.
- 1884 Rev. C. Scollen is erecting Roman Catholic mission buildings at Coyote's place at the leavings of Battle River.