DCHP-1 Online

trust ((n.)) Fur Trade, Obs.

• n. credit extended to hunters and trappers in the form of supplies to be paid for out of the coming year's catch.

  See also: debt (def. 1)  

  • 1713  (1947)  One Cannowe Came from ye Northard for trust which was granted.
  • 1783  (1954)  One canoe of uplanders came in for trust.