DCHP-2
back settlement † DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a settlement located some distance back from the shore of a lake, ocean, river, etc.
See also: back concession (def. 1) lines (def. 2) back township
- 1766 From the Thinness of the back settlements, would not the Stamp Act be extremely inconvenient to the Inhabitants, if executed.
- 1805 Many of the back settlements are well inhabited, and are as near to a market for their superfluous produce as those on the river.
- 1934 Behind Pubnico is the forest. There are no back settlements. The people live along the shore.
- 1766 From the Thinness of the back settlements, would not the Stamp Act be extremely inconvenient to the Inhabitants, if executed.