iron of the country

North

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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strips of leather, or thongs, made from the hide of a moose, caribou, etc. used for laces, threads, netting, etc.

See: babiche(def. 1)

Quotations

1909

--Babiche, or rawhide of the moose or caribou--"the iron of the country."