DCHP-3

boudet

[< Cdn F baudet]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a portable, folding, canvas cot.

Quotations

1794
The baggage boat was not arrived from Gananowui, and my boudet or canvas stretcher being in it, I was at a loss what to sleep on. . . .
1794
After drinking tea . . . I dress my hair . . . and lay down on a boudet (or folding bed) before the fire, covered with a fur blanket.