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driftpile
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a large pile of driftwood in a river.
Quotations
1858
[We halted at noon . . . upon an enormous island of driftwood, one of many that block the centre of the channel. . . .]
1927
Many rocky islands break up the [Slave] river into intricate channels. Log-jams and drift-piles are numerous and troublesome.
1955
Yet, balancing the canoe between the two currents that divided on the driftpile . . . they somehow poled, paddled and shoved themselves across to the main shore and slack water.