DCHP-3

drogue

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a clump of trees, especially evergreens; a copse.

See: droke

Quotations

1921
drogue, droke, drook, or drove, n. A cluster of fir or spruce. 1921 Nfld.
1936
The sun had inched down behind the western peakline, and the first shadows of twilight were creeping into the denser drogues of the valley.
1946
He knew every pond and barren and drogue all the way to Old Woman Tickle. . . .
2n. — Nfld

a chain or rope used to brake a dog sled.

See: drag(def. 2)

Quotations

1957
. . . if the hill is very steep he lets go the "drogue," which is a heavy piece of rope looped around the left runner. This slides underneath the runner and brakes the komatik. On level ground it will stop it.