DCHP-2
caribou fence DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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two converging lines of fencing, as poles, piles of turf or brush, etc., used in early times in deer drives.
See also: deer drive deer hedge
- 1852 [On the open hilly downs frequented by reindeer, the Kutchin have formed pounds, toward which the animals are conducted by two rows of stakes or trunks of trees extending for miles. These rows converge, and as the space between them narrows, they are converted into a regular fence by the addition of strong horizontal bars.]
- 1956 Before the use of firearms for hunting purposes in the Yukon, the natives would construct a caribou fence . . . sometimes three miles long and 10 feet high. . . .
- 1852 [On the open hilly downs frequented by reindeer, the Kutchin have formed pounds, toward which the animals are conducted by two rows of stakes or trunks of trees extending for miles. These rows converge, and as the space between them narrows, they are converted into a regular fence by the addition of strong horizontal bars.]