agrets

[< Cdn F; var. of F agrès]

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

the travelling equipment of a canoe, York boat, etc.

See: agrès(def. 1)

Quotations

1872

... Agrets is the voyageur word for "outfit" and is applied also to equipment for canoes ....

1874

Gave out the agrets for the Boats.

1941

Agrets--the travelling equipment of a York Boat; i.e., cooking utensils, portage straps, tarpaulins, tents, tools, etc.

1964

The boats were expected to last two seasons, although the main line, the painter, and some other parts of the agrets lasted only one year

2n.

equipment for any kind of expedition; outfit.

See: agrès(def. 2)

1913

... at the north end [was] a large [room] for ... the equipments--called agrets--required for sleds and carts on the voyage.

1923

The guide would look after the "agrets," which means all the requirements for the brigade ....