bois de vache
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bois de vache
1835–45, < Prairie Canadian French: literally, buffalo wood ( vache buffalo, French: cow)
Example Sentences
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The wild sage begins to make its appearance, and timber is so scarce that we generally made our fires of the bois de vache.
From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by John Charles Frémont
We halted in order to refresh ourselves and our cattle, but we were obliged, as was the case nearly the whole week, to kindle a fire of bois de vache, to prepare our supper.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various
Beyond this stream we traveled over high and level prairies, halting at small ponds and holes of water, and using for our fires the bois de vache, the country being without timber.
From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by John Charles Frémont
The bois de vache was collected, a fire was kindled, and hump steaks, spitted on sticks, were soon sputtering in the blaze.
From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart
We saw, moreover, the bois de vache of the wild cattle.
From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart
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