beaver¹ n Attrib, comb beaver hat, ~ house, also freq in names of ponds, ~ tail.
   1985 BUSCH 50 Many schooner-rigged vessels of 60-80 tons used for various fishing chores were turned into 'beaver hats' for the seal fishery, with one large temporary foremast topsail rigged to help through the ice and to back the vessel when jammed. 1904 McAlpine 570 Beaver House Road, (St John's West). 1961 ROULEAU 13 Beaver House Pond, Englee. 1985 Decks Awash Jan-Feb, p. 25 There are several different designs [of snowshoes]: roundtails, which they call bear-paws now, beavertails and porcupine tails with the curved tails and rattails with the one long point.

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