DCHP-2
en cache [< Cdn F "in a hiding place"] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
a storing place where supplies, furs, equipment and other goods may be deposited for protection from foraging animals and the weather.
See also: cache ((n.)) (def. 2 and picture)
- 1794 (1929) [We] embarked . . . with the greatest care of the baggage, leaving the rest behind en cache.
- 1874 (1956) Cust accompanied us some distance down the River to where Dacoigne had the Beaver skins en cache.
- 1925 The canoe was dragged ashore, and placed en cache on the bank with their baggage.
- 1794 (1929) [We] embarked . . . with the greatest care of the baggage, leaving the rest behind en cache.