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deer hedge

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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two converging lines of fencing, as poles, piles of turf or brush, etc., used in early times in deer drives.

See: caribou fence,deadman(def. 1),deer fence,drift fence(def. 2),hunting fence,Indian fence(def. 1)

Quotations

1843

In the evening, we descended to the borders of some lakes, where the natives had constructed a deer hedge set with nooses.

1957

In the early years the Company's employees set up deer hedges at points up the Hayes River . . . and in addition to the deer meat obtained from these hedges . . . a certain amount of trade in provisions was carried on with Indians.