fur brigade

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Young Alaskans in the Far North by Hough, Emerson

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

From Young Alaskans in the Far North by Hough, Emerson

Besides, the year before coming to the Jefferson, Colter had been with the Missouri Company's fur brigade under Manuel Lisa, and had gone to the Crows as an emissary from the fur company.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

Time now for the annual fur brigade to be off!

From Young Alaskans in the Far North by Hough, Emerson

It was yet early in the day when they stood on the river-bank, looking at the great fleet of scows of the north-bound fur brigade as the boats now lay swinging in the stiffening current.

From Young Alaskans in the Far North by Hough, Emerson