DCHP-2

deadman DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n. — Obs.

  one of two series of converging objects, such as posts, piles of turf, large upright stones, forming a funnel into which big game, such as buffalo, were driven into a pound for slaughter.

  See also: deer drive  deer hedge  watching waiter  

• 2 n.

  any solidly fixed object to which a block and tackle can be hitched. See 1954 quote.