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varveau -x or -s varvo(e), varvou, verveau, vervo, etc. [< Cdn F < F varveau, verveau fish trap] Pacific Coast 
1 n. Obs. See quote.
- 1828 (1872) Indians here and there along the river, with verveux (sweep nets) at each lodge.
2 n. Hist. a woven basket, about 6 feet long, used by certain Indian bands in fishing with a barrier, q.v., the basket being attached over an opening in the weir.
See also: barrier
- 1832 (1941-1944) I think that in twelve days I will send a party after you so that you may go to the Verveau and the men I send will go to you wherever you are....
- 1833 (1932) Gaps are left in the works [barrier] of sufficient size to admit the varveaux, or baskets, in which the fish are taken.
- 1860 Tahow arrived from Sevwright River and states that the Varvoux there and Barrier is complete.
- 1905 (1954) A particular tribe ... captured this [white-] fish by means of a pouch-basket ("vervoe") placed in the running stream....
- 1953 The salmon -- sockeye -- were caught in traps called weirs or "varvoes," "varvons," or "varves" in the journals.
- 1828 (1872) Indians here and there along the river, with verveux (sweep nets) at each lodge.