DCHP-3

front township

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

one of the townships along the front.

See: front, the(def. 1a)

Quotations

1822
The subscriber offers for sale SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND situated in well-settled front townships, in lots to suit purchasers.
1955
It was often remarked that the society in this backwoods region, and in some others like it in the province, had a tone not to be found in the longer settled "front" townships.