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taureau
[< Cdn F < F "bull"]
Fur Trade, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a strong bag made of buffalo rawhide sewn hair side out, used as a container for 90 pounds of pemmican (def. 1).
Quotations
1794
I cut off 20 sacks or taureux to put pemican in, and gave them to Minie to sew.
1944
These sacks are known as taureaux (bulls) or pemmicans.
1951
The pemmican [is] mixed and stored in heavy taureaux. . . .
2n.
the bag and its contents.
Quotations
1795
Started them for the Forks with 138-137 taureaux of pemican.
1860
The grease is ladled out onto the buffalo-skin, and meat and grease being thoroughly incorporated [it] is all shovelled into the bag, pressed down, sewn up, and the "Taureau" is made.
1890
A sack or "toreau" of pemmican, as it was called, consisted of nearly equal quantities of tallow and dried meat, the latter being pounded on the bull hides with stone hammers, axe heads or flails
3n.
beaten or pounded meat mixed with melted animal fat and, sometimes, berries, the preparation being sewn in a skin bag to form a hard, compact mass that would keep for a long time under almost any conditions.
See: pemmican(def. 1)
Quotations
1807
This is our staple article of provisions when travelling, it is called taureau or Pimecan.
1821
. . . it may be well to have the Toreau in store.
1927
It [pemmican] was a staple food among the fur-traders on long journeys, when fish, fresh, dried, or frozen, or game could not be had. Also known as "taureaux."