DCHP-3

outfit ((v.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1av.

obtain or supply with an outfit (def. 3a).

Quotations

1900
"I'll send word down for a couple of the boys to outfit and pole a boat up the Yukon. We'll cross the divide and raft down the Indian River to meet them."
1909
From its red sands, tamarak swamps, and mossy muskeg one almost expects to see arise the form of those great of old who outfitted here, making Chipewyan the base of their northward explorations.
1928
They were here to be outfitted at the store. Here they drew clothing and supplies against their "time," and thus place themselves in debt to their employer for at least a month's work. . . .
1947
Everything was spent; some of them [Indian trappers] at the end of the trade might still be in debt. But they had to be outfitted again.
1967
The trading post became a village from which prospectors outfitted and pushed off further into the wilds.
1bv.

stock; supply the needs of.

Quotations

1910
"If I'd saved all the truck I'd found in camps, I'd have enough to outfit a museum. . . ."
2v.

act as an outfitter (def. 1).

See: outfitter(def. 1)

Quotations

1958
Joe . . . outfits from Kluane Lake, one hundred and fifty miles northwest of Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway.