DCHP-2

harbo(u)r seal DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1

  a small seal, Phoca vitulina, common on the East Coast.

  See also: bay seal  fresh-water seal  kasagea  leopard seal  ranger (def. 1)  wandering seal  

  • 1832  There are apparently five or six varieties of seals that frequent the coasts of America . . . [including] the harbour seal. . . .
  • 1891  The common harbor seal was there all the year round.
  • 1958  Apart from the grey seal, the harbour seal is the only member of the tribe that ordinarily spends the summer in southern Canada.

• 2

  the fur of this seal.

  • 1908  There is reason to believe that other species of seals besides the harbour seal are embraced in the foregoing sales statement.
  • 1933  It is an odd thing that Labrador people never have fur coats, unless they be of harbor seal which is stiff and bristly. . . .