DCHP-2

split DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 adj. — Fur Trade, Obs.

  of skins, removed by slitting along the underside and down each leg so as to be cured by stretching flat.

  See also: open ((adj.)) (def. 1)  split-skin  split-skinning  

• 2 adj.

  of logs, roughly split with an axe to form building timbers, planks, fence rails, etc.

• 3 adj.

  of fish, split along the belly from head to tail, gutted and ready for salting.