DCHP-3

moose-meat

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the flesh of the moose used as food.

See: moose(def. 2)

Quotations

1797
The People returned, they brought 1 Bear skin--2 Beaver Skins--1 Bear in Meat--8 pieces Mouse Meat half Dryed & three Beaver in Meat.
1829
The moose-meat, though by some compared to venison, would not stand competition with the poorest haunch from Whittlebury, being both dry, devoid of fat, and insipid.
1965
"You have to ask for a steak epais," Pop advised. Steak epais was the password for moose meat, sale of which was forbidden in restaurants in the Saguenay county.