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chantie [< Cdn F] Obs. 
1 n. a camp at which logging (def. 2) is carried on.
See also: logging (def. 2) shanty ((n.)) (def. 2a) chantie-man (def. 2)
- 1824 the oxen and horses . . . are either driven up through the woods to the Chanties in the fall of the year, or after the ice takes. . . .
2 n. a crude hut used as a dwelling by lumbermen in the bush.
See also: shanty ((n.)) (def. 1a) chantie-man (def. 1)
- 1871 We . . . dined at Mr. Murray's the owner of the only chantie between Macaulayville and that point.
- 1824 the oxen and horses . . . are either driven up through the woods to the Chanties in the fall of the year, or after the ice takes. . . .