DCHP-2
ice-pit Obs. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a cold-storage pit for preserving food, especially meat and fish.
See also: glacier
- 1859 . . . the ice-pit . . . is made by digging a square hole, capable of containing 700 to 800 buffalo carcases.
- 1859 . . . the ice-pit . . . is made by digging a square hole, capable of containing 700 to 800 buffalo carcases.