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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a storing place where supplies, furs, equipment and other goods may be deposited for protection from foraging animals and the weather. See picture at cache, n. (def. 2).
See: cache ((n.))(def. 2)
Quotations
1784-1812
A Hoard is made of logs well notched into each other about eight feet in length, six feet wide at the bottom, five feet in height, and the top narrowed to two feet covered with Logs to secure our provisions and game from carnivorous animals.
1809
. . . to the Hoard at 10 AM--where thank God I found all well & safe. . . .
1926
Each dog's load had to be reduced one-third; the rest of the goods they left in a log hoard.