DCHP-3

frost dry

Fur Trade
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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cure (animal skins) by exposing them to frost.

Quotations

1941
Frost Dried--Newly netted snowshoes, babiche, otter skins, etc., were hung in the cold frosty air in order to whiten and improve their appearance.
1948
Most of the beaver pelts are frost dried; that is, they are stretched and placed outside to freeze, then brought in to be scraped, washed and dried a little. This process is repeated until the pelt is perfectly dry and the leather is very light in colour.
1959
. . . she must learn to paddle, to frost-dry the beaver pelts, to snare rabbits. . . .