DCHP-3

basket

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Obs.

a special type of strong durable pannier used by the officers of the fur trade for personal food supplies.

Quotations

1828
Also with compartments, and suitable for tin cases, for meats, sugar, and other groceries . . . the frying pan . . . on top of the contents. The basket is made of strong willow, and among Hudson's Bay people, is strong enough for any service or accident.
1841
The Basket itself you will be pleased to charge to the Montreal Department.
2n.

a basketwork weir for catching fish.

Quotations

1830
. . . they brought a few hung fish but no fresh ones, for lately neither the basket, nets or hooks have produced anything.
1858
We at once ascended the Pike or Jack-fish River to the "basket" or weir erected across it by the Indians . . . for the purpose of procuring fish.
3n.

See basket sled 1964 quote.

Quotations

1924
The sled was braked . . . [and] a tall driver . . . sprang from the basket and waited for them to come up.