DCHP-2
deer-pound Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an enclosure in which deer or caribou were driven for slaughter.
See also: deer drive
- 1795 (1911) I have often heard it observed, that the Indians who attend the deer-pounds might, in the course of a winter, collect a vast number of pelts, which would well serve the attention of those who are called carriers or traders.
- 1795 (1911) I have often heard it observed, that the Indians who attend the deer-pounds might, in the course of a winter, collect a vast number of pelts, which would well serve the attention of those who are called carriers or traders.