DCHP-1 Online
whole beaver Fur Trade, Obs. 
n. the skin of a full-grown four-year-old beaver; hence, a unit of value based on such a skin.
See also: made beaver skin (def. 1)
- 1743 (1949) [Beaver] are four years before they Come to the full growth, Distinguished by Whole, 3/4, 1/2 and 1/4 beaver. . . .
- 1802, 1897 Crow . . . came down Tongue river with 36 whole beavers in a skin canoe.
- 1821 (1964) Beaver, whole or full grown 30 = 30 Whole Beaver. . . .
- 1743 (1949) [Beaver] are four years before they Come to the full growth, Distinguished by Whole, 3/4, 1/2 and 1/4 beaver. . . .