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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an enclosed pasture near a fur post or fort where spare horses were kept under surveillance.
See: horseguard(def. 1)
Quotations
1923
Hector was in charge of the Police herd-camp a few miles from the fort.
1923
I went to the herd-camp and hid all day under a tarpaulin. . . .