DCHP-1 Online

trapping-grounds Fur Trade

• n. pl. an area where Indians carry on trapping and hunting.

  See also: hunting ground(s)  

  • 1903  The Ojibway family . . . searches out new trapping-grounds. . . .
  • 1907  The sanctity of their trapping-grounds is considered inviolate by the Micmacs.
  • 1956  When his father sold his furs from their Kelta Lake trapping grounds, there would be candy and treats all round.