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dalle
[< Cdn F "trough, flume" < F "flagstone"]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n. — Obs.
a smooth flume or artificial slide for floating logs.
Quotations
1832
From the mill the deals are floated down a dall or trough to the basin for shipment, part of the distance being cut through soil and rock fourteen feet deep.
1834
The deals are floated down in a raised trough just wide enough for one to pass, which runs for miles across the country and terminates at the wharf. It is called a "dalle". God knows how they spell it.
2n.
a fast-moving stretch of water over a relatively smooth bed.
Quotations
1789
I estimate its winding course to the Dalles eight miles.
1821
After 10 minutes paddling we came to a small Rapid which we run and in a few Minutes arrived at the Dalles or Straits between Rocks which is a Décharge of a few Paces.
1912
Northward along Nelson River went the concourse . . . turning westward into the chain of little dalles above Winnipeg . . . sweeping forward over portage and dalle. . . .
1963
They found Keveny above the Dalles of the Winnipeg River. . . .
3n.
a narrow stretch of river between high rock walls, characterized by whirlpools, rapids, and treacherous currents.
Quotations
1793
After passing a narrow Racy rapid named the Dalles we saw an Island on which . . . the Irroquois in former days . . . tried to cut off a strong Brigade of trading canoes.
1808
Dalle . . . a name given to where the river is contracted by high steep rocks.
1948
Another obscure appellative dalles is of Canadian origin although it is now for the most part used in the United States, particularly along the Columbia River.