fur brigade

noun

1. (formerly) a convoy of canoes, horses, or dog sleighs that transported furs and other goods between trading posts and towns or factories

Example Sentences

This is the best time of the year for them, when the great fur brigade goes north.

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Now it was spring, and the great fur brigade of the Company was starting north on its savage annual journey.

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It was like the return of a fur brigade, with shouts of laughter and genuine rejoicing.

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