DCHP-2
boiling place DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a building where sugaring-off (def. 1) takes place.
See also: sugaring-hut sugaring-off (def. 1)
- 1853 As soon as the vessel is full of [maple] sap, it is driven to the boiling place, and emptied into the store-trough.
2
a stopping place on the trail, where the kettle is boiled for tea.
See also: boil-up place
- 1956 Perhaps they [wolves] have some doggish instinct or maybe they are just curious; but they certainly like to poke around a camp or a boiling-place after the traveller has pulled away, on the chance of picking up some morsel of food he may have overlooked or discarded.
- 1853 As soon as the vessel is full of [maple] sap, it is driven to the boiling place, and emptied into the store-trough.