DCHP-2
boil-up place DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a stopping place on the trail, where the kettle is boiled for tea.
See also: boiling place (def. 2)
- 1933 The most discouraging thing is to fall . . . so far behind that when we arrive at a boil-up place, starving for our mug-up, the rest are leaving.
- 1933 The most discouraging thing is to fall . . . so far behind that when we arrive at a boil-up place, starving for our mug-up, the rest are leaving.