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cellar
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an underwater cavern or deep hole at the foot of a rapid.
Quotations
1854
The requisites for an examination of the Ottawa are . . . to paddle a bark canoe, run a rapid, and . . . swim when your canoe is swamped in a "cellar," or riddled on a rock.