DCHP-2
ice-vault Obs. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a cold-storage pit for preserving food, especially meat and fish.
See also: glacier
- 1831 (1963) The people boating home clay, squaring posts for an ice vault, etc.
- 1833 (1963) . . . Milette . . . after stowing by the green meat in the ice vault, cut firewood.
- 1831 (1963) The people boating home clay, squaring posts for an ice vault, etc.