DCHP-3

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a snare or trap.

Quotations

1912
But what is all this beside that which waits the runner of the trail at every "set" in those many miles.
1965
. . . whenever he got within a hundred yards or so of a "set" he left the trail. . . .
2n. — West

the field or other area to be worked by a stook-threshing outfit.

Quotations

1922
Sometimes, to finish a "set" we would burn a straw pile and work by its light. . . .
1963
Following the machinery were the stook teams, which loaded the sheaves from the field and drew them to the "set" where the separator had been levelled and located.