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cahot
[< Cdn F cahoter jar, bump]
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
one of a series of depressions and ridges caused by impacted snow on a winter road, a source of much jolting and bouncing to passengers in sleighs, carioles, etc.
See: pitch-hole(def. 1)
Quotations
1788
I found the roads perfectly smooth and even, not a cahot to be seen. . . .
1829
The Traineaux are . . . built on low runners . . . drawn from a bar below, which shoves the snows before it, and forms the cahots or waves on the road, which are so troublesome.
1902
These cahots . . . only added another to the delights that a sleigh-ride held for the boys.