单词 | fish camp |
释义 | > as lemmasfish camp fish camp n. North American a seasonal camp where fish are caught and smoked, chiefly associated with North American Indian peoples of northern and Arctic regions. ΚΠ 1849 A. Ross Adventures First Settlers Oregon or Columbia River xx. 313 Scenes at the fish camp. 1855 A. Ross Fur Hunters of Far West II. xii. 103 The Snakes are not a lazy people; their camp was, however, very dirty, as all fish camps are. 1899 Forest & Stream 25 Mar. 222/1 We saw nothing whatever to indicate that white men had ever preceded us. There were, however, occasional deserted fish camps of the Indians. 1941 G. de Poncins & L. Galantière Kabloona (1942) i. ii. 46 Gibson..had let me know that there was a fish-camp thirty miles away where I might make my first acquaintance with the Eskimo world. 2003 Canad. Geographic Trav. & Adventure Spring–Summer 23/2 You can also visit a fish camp to learn about smoking and drying sigaq. < as lemmas |
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