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goose stand

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a type of blind used in hunting geese.

Quotations

1743

I have Known the Natives when sitting in a goose stand to Kill bushels of them, and Carry to the tent for Childn. to play with, not Eating them but in Case of Necessity.

1921

The next day the hunters built a "goose stand" on the sandy beach of Willow Point by making a screen about six feet long by three feet high of willow branches. . . .

1963

Sitting in a goose-stand all day . . . is a tiresome task, but must be persevered in to obtain results.