dinage

dinnage n Dry boughs placed on the bottom and up the sides of the hole of a schooner, on which the cured fish was packed for the trip from the home port to St. John's. "We would pack the bottom of the holes with dinage and then put the fish on that." Yes DNE-cit DNE-cit APR.21 1978 Us...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1978
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19793
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Summary:dinnage n Dry boughs placed on the bottom and up the sides of the hole of a schooner, on which the cured fish was packed for the trip from the home port to St. John's. "We would pack the bottom of the holes with dinage and then put the fish on that." Yes DNE-cit DNE-cit APR.21 1978 Used I Not used Used I dennage, dynnage Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Thu 05 Feb 2015

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