landsman

Sealing, Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a sealer who goes to the ice (def. 1) on foot rather than on a ship.

See: ice ((n.))(def. 1)

Quotations

1958

Bowring's second vessel . . . leaves port today to join the Algerine in collecting landsmen's seals.

1966

No quota is placed on the landsmen, [but] each must have a license to hunt.