DCHP-2
voyage ((2)) ((n.)) 2 [influenced by Cdn F use in this sense] Fur Trade DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a trip inland with a fur brigade, a journey as a voyaguer.
See also: fur brigade voyageur (def. 1a)
- 1789 (1889-1890) I had a very favorable voyage into the country until a short distance from Ile à la Crosse when one of the canoes got injured and sunk.
- 1828 (1872) The other five men of each of the canoes . . . with the assistance of the ten Indians in carrying the loading, were able to move everything in one haul (trip, "voyage" is the usual term)... .
- 1789 (1889-1890) I had a very favorable voyage into the country until a short distance from Ile à la Crosse when one of the canoes got injured and sunk.