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snow-yard
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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
1873
Hunting the moose in summer and winter is one thing--killing him in a snow-yard, or running him down in deep snow is another.