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ˈcrust-hunt, v. U.S. and Canada.
[f. crust + hunt v., after crust-hunter, crust-hunting, in which crust- is in locative relation to the ns., as in plain-dweller, sea-faring, etc.]
intr. To hunt deer or other large game on the snow, when covered with a frozen crust strong enough to bear the hunter, but not to support the game, which sink in and are easily run down. So ˈcrust-hunter, ˈcrust-hunting.
1885Forest & Stream XXIV. 425 Advocates of January crust-hunting. 1888Ibid. XXX. 47/1 Thus eluding..the..crust-hunters as well as the hound. 1889Cent. Dict., Cruster, one who crust-hunts for game. |