DCHP-3

rawhiding train

B.C., Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a line of rawhides (def. 2) carrying ore and being hauled from the mine to the wharves.

See: rawhide ((n.))(def. 2)

Quotations

1897
A first view of a rawhiding train has a tendency to cause cold shivers to run up and down the spinal column, as it strikes one as looking like a long parade of dead bodies.