marche(donc)

[< F marche(donc)! a command to horses < marcher go, walk]

Cdn French

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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imper. v.

move ahead! go on! (a command to sled dogs to advance).

See: march ((v.))(def. 2a),mush ((v.))(def. 1)

Quotations

1880

When well harnessed the driver shouts, "March!" and the three well-trained dogs ahead spring off on the jump.

1913

Voudrin climbed into the sledge, and, shouting, "Marche donc, marche donc," started the dogs around the headland.

1947

_MARCHE . . . The early French trappers in the North used this word when driving their dog teams.