chico(t)

[< CdnF < F chicot stump]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a tree stub, especially a rampike or deadhead.

Quotations

1832

Great caution is required to avoid sunken trees, called snags or planters, and by the Canadians chicots. . . .

1931

I climbed the knoll, and there . . . sat my friend and mentor at the foot of one of the chicos. . . .