Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trumpet of birchbark used by hunters in calling moose to an ambuscade or blind.
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Examples
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Peeling a sheet of bark from the nearest white birch, he twisted himself a "moose-call," then climbed into the branches of a willow which spread out over the edge of the shining lake.
Kings in Exile Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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At the next camp Jimmie made the usual birch-bark moose-call, and at evening blew it, as he also did on the following morning.
Crooked Trails Frederic Remington 1885
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"calling" over on Nictau Lake, had given the boy some lessons in this alluring and suggestive department of woodcraft, and had made his joy complete by the gift of the bark "moose-call" itself, a battered old tube with many "kills" to its credit.
The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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Pinch me, old boy, if I begin a moose-call in my sleep. "
Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Isabel Hornibrook
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