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canoe rest

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a pair of brackets, consisting of two poles thrust horizontally into a river bank, each supported by a vertical stake, placed sufficiently far apart to support a canoe.

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1883

They observed a "canoe-rest" on which the daubs of red ochre and fibrous roots of trees used to fasten or tie it together, appeared fresh.