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Term: head-bars

Definition: "two round pieces of Wood, reaching on each side from one end of a Canow to the other. These are the Supporters of the Canow, for the Ribs and Spars are made fast upon them. " - Lahontan

[Source: Lahontan, Louis. New voyages to North-America... (London, 1703) at Turning Points in Wis. History (www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/)]
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