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chevreuil
[< Cdn F < F "roebuck"]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1950 quote.
Quotations
1800
. . . we saw numerous tracks . . . of the . . . chevreuil. . . .
1824
The Country is said to abound with Red deer and Chevriel. . . .
1833
Have been pestered all day by fellows trading rats and chevreuil skins. . . .
1950
Although the word chevreuil is the feminine for the roe-deer of Europe, the French-Canadian voyageurs commonly applied this term to the mule deer [q.v.].