fur ship

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a vessel carrying furs, usually from Canada to Europe.

Quotations

1859

I left Quebec in the "Isaac Todd," fur ship, with a valuable cargo, under convoy with the fall fleet numbering about forty sails, from Bique.

1936

Now the red ensign with its white HBC initialling was hoisted to her mainmast-head and alterations were begun for her new employment as a fur ship.