DCHP-3

moose camp

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a browsing area where a group of moose or deer in winter tread down the snow, remaining there for protection and warmth until the fodder within easy reach is exhausted.

See: moose-yard(def. 1)

Quotations

1905
I sought in every direction for a moose camp without success. The habit of the animal is to spend most of the winter season in a particular selected spot, where its food of branches is plentiful.