Dictionary of Wisconsin History
Search Results for: the letter 'N', Term Type: 'things'
Term: Nose-bag (logging)
Definition: 1. Lunch bucket carried by river drivers. Generally made of tin and was strapped to the back of the driver. 2. A grain bag hung under the nose of a horse when he is fed on the job. View more information about logging elsewhere at wisconsinhistory.org
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[Source: Sorden, L.G. and Isabel J. Ebert. Logger's Words of Yesteryears. (Madison, 1956)]
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