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pitch ((v.))

• 1 v. travel from one camping place to another; move on, especially in stages, camping en route. Also pitch along.

  See also: pitching  pitching track  pitch on  

  • 1691  (1929)  Wee pitched again & Gott to the River Afored where they appointed to meet us.
  • 1774  (1934)  . . . they are to Pitch this way as soon as Possible.
  • 1857  (1863)  . . . we determined to pitch along the base of the hill to the westward. . . .
  • 1929  Little remaining for the men to do I paid off four of the Iroquois and sent them to join their families, who were pitching along from Lac Ste. Anne.

• 2 v. set out on a journey or a hunting expedition.

  See also: pitch off (def. 1)  

  • 1743  (1949)  to pitch or go from the fort &c. En ko po me pe chu.
  • 1754  (1907)  16 tents of different Natives pitched from us different ways.
  • 1779  (1952)  Mr. Hansom informs me that they are all pitched away towards the Barren Ground. . . .