galet

[< Cdn F < F galet < OF gal pebble]

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a rocky place, a gravel bank.

Quotations

1793

[We] Camped at Mr Frobisher's Galais about the Dalls.

1800

[We] proceeded to Grand Galet, where we put up for the night.

1801

From thence to another galet, or rocky portage is about two miles.