DCHP-3

casseau

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

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cassot

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a birch-bark box used for collecting the sap of the sugar maple, and also for storing maple syrup and maple sugar.

See: mocock

Quotations

1822
An old squaw brought to our house several casseaux of [maple] sugar. . . .
1928
. . . Louis sent the lads to the woods to gather balsam and spruce gum, sarsaparilla, gold-thread, moss, and birch-bark for caseaux in which to pack the maple sugar in the following spring.