clothing

Fur Trade, Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a gaudy outfit (tall hat, coat laced with tinsel, and so on) presented to the leading hunter of a band as an inducement to bring in more fur.

Quotations

1794

A young Chief desirous of tracing the footsteps of his father; And as a first mark of his quality Mr. Shaw has indulged him with a cloathing.

1801

I clothed [the corpse] with a chiefs cloathing, viz^t coat, shirt, Hatt, & Trowsers.