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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a warmly lined bag made of skins, blanketing, canvas, nylon, etc., used mainly when camping.
Quotations
1821
[First, Canvas which forms the Cover of the Bed and our Seat in the Canoe. Then a Bed of Blankets sewn together which form an Article of Trade in the Interior; on these two fine Blankets as Sheets and above this a coloured Blanket as a Coverlid.]
1850
Friday morning, at seven o'clock, we rolled up our beds, or rather sleeping-bags, stowed the sledge, drank boiling hot chocolate, and gnawed cheerily at frozen pork and biscuit.
1905
Many a night the doctor must get into his sleeping bag and make himself as comfortable as possible in the snow, snuggled close to his dogs, for the sake of the warmth of their bodies.
1966
Canadian [army] sleeping bags have an easily inflatable rubber air mattress, flannel inner cover, down-filled main bag and a nylon outer cover.