DCHP-1 Online

beaver tockey Obs.

• a calf-length greatcoat of skins, usually beaver, worn by Indians and traders in the Hudson's Bay country.

  See also: toggy  

  • 1742  Our Cloathing is a Beaver or Skin tuggy, above our other Cloaths.
  • 1746  (1949)  Lent them 100 Bricks & some Lime their taylor's a helping our taylors in making Beaver tockeys for their mens use.