DCHP-3

pilot lot

N.S., Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a lot granted to a ship's pilot to encourage him to settle in a region where his services were in demand.

Quotations

1934
"There were a lot of pilot lots around here, too. I've heard my father say you couldn't get charts in those days like you can now, so there were lots of pilots then. You can still see the remains of the stone walls which they built around their lots in the woods."