cross n DARE ~ fox n (1917); cp DARE crosshaul n 3. Comb ~ fox, ~ hauls: 'chains connecting two sleds which are crossed in the middle to facilitate the turning of the sleds' (1985 Terminology of Loggers 5).
   1984 POWELL 66-7 I looked at the hairs on the stick where the wire was attached and saw that a cross fox had been in it but had gotten away. 1986 SAUNDERS 25 [He] built four cages, and got three cross foxes for breeder stock.

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