DCHP-3

earthing

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the process of applying mud to dogsled runners.

Quotations

1942
Earthing . . . is done by moistening peat--decayed leaf-mould from the muskegs--and smearing it along the runner, where it freezes solidly and can be smoothed to form a fine, icy surface. Earthing . . . is always resorted to by careful and skillful Eskimos under the right conditions.