barrier

[< Cdn F barrière]

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1897 quote.

Quotations

1793

. . . we came to La Parents settlement at the barrier where our guide attempted to hire a man. . . .

1897

Barrier does not imply any natural obstruction to navigation, but was in those days a usual name of a fish-weir set across a stream.