DCHP-3

avant de canot

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the crewman of a canoe or York boat, whose position is in the bow.

Quotations

1931
[There was] a still larger paddle, which the bowsman or foreman (avant de canot, devant, or ducent ) employed when running rapids or leaping small falls.