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hangard
[< Cdn F hangar(d) F hangar]
Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a shed, warehouse, or outbuilding.
Quotations
1777
Every person shall clean the street before his house, outhouse, hangard or emplacement every Saturday, under penalty of five shillings.
1806
Those next the river have attached to them very extensive warehouses (called, in the language of Quebec, hangards), and vessels come close to the wharfs to discharge their cargoes.
1808
The next morning at 6 o'clock, a large Hangard of 140 feet in length by 40 in depth, belonging to Mr. Alex. Munn, ship builder, was crushed to pieces by an enormous mass of snow which fell from the Cape near the same place.
1940
Inside the palisade were . . . a trading store, two "hangards" or stables. . . .
2n.
an outbuilding serving as an ice-house (def. 1) at a fur post.
Quotations
1794
The Hunters have been very successful for some time past and there is a fine quantity of fresh meat in the Hangard. . . .
1806
What plausible, reason can he give for not arranging the hangard before you got there. . . .
1809
Made a door for the Hangard--& put Snow & Water to form Ice to lay Meat on. . . .
1950
The use of the term hangard was common among men of the North West Company.