DCHP-3

crossing

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

an open stretch of water, as a widening in a river or a course across a lake, where canoes or boats are required to leave the shelter of the shoreline.

See: traverse ((1)) ((n.))(def. 1a)

Quotations

1956
From the mouth of the Beaver to Ile a la Crosse settlement calls for a "crossing" of five miles.