DCHP-3

in the hair

Fur Trade
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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with the hair intact. See 1921 quote.

Quotations

1771
Their tents are made of parchment deer-skins in the hair, and are pitched in circular form. . . .
1921
. . . they [furs] may be what is termed "cased in the hair", which means that the natural dimensions of the animal's skin are retained, with the fur showing outside and the pelt within. . . .