Grand Brulé

Cdn French

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large area of burnt-over forest land (latterly only in French-Canadian place names).

See: brulé(def. 1)

Quotations

1793

At intervals through the pines we could see like a large clearing apparently made by fire and which the Canadians would call a Grand-Brulé.

1854

With the exception of the Grand Brule (where the soil is sandy) the land continues of a similar character. . . .