DCHP-1 Online
pitch off 
1 Fur Trade set out on a journey or a hunting expedition.
See also: pitching-off debt pitch up pitch ((v.)) (def. 2)
- 1825 (1950) I am informed 35 Tents have pitched off some days Since in quest of Beaver. . . .
- 1913 Being too inexperienced to find the main trail on which the people had pitched off, I wasted some time following different tracks. . . .
- 1957 Early in the fall, some "pitch-off" great distances--to the Wathamun River and beyond, eight or ten days north from the post.
- 1825 (1950) I am informed 35 Tents have pitched off some days Since in quest of Beaver. . . .
2 Obs. shoot down.
- 1832 (1953) Our alarm was that they [a herd of deer] would run over us; but they stopped short, and we pitched off two of them. Having bled and collected together those that we have shot, we parted company. . . .
- 1832 (1953) Our alarm was that they [a herd of deer] would run over us; but they stopped short, and we pitched off two of them. Having bled and collected together those that we have shot, we parted company. . . .