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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
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: yard ((n.))(def. 1a)
Quotations
1846
. . . the guide . . . told us we were at the place for stopping that night, and within two miles of the "Ravage," or moose-yard. . . .
1941
"Yards they call them down East--but the Hares call 'em RAVAGES--Got the name from the French missionaries."