n. a browsing area where a group of moose or deer in winter tread down the snow, remaining there for protection and warmth until the fodder within easy reach is exhausted.
1846  (1955)  . . . the guide . . . told us we were at the place for stopping that night, and within two miles of the "Ravage," or moose-yard. . . .
1941  "Yards they call them down East--but the Hares call 'em RAVAGES--Got the name from the French missionaries."