Meaning of bodewash | Babel Free
ˈboʊdwɔʃDefinitions
Dried buffalo or cow dung, sometimes used as fuel by pioneers.
Canada, US, archaic, dialectal, uncountable
Examples
“Bodewash. (Fr. bois de vache.) Dried cow-dung, used for fuel on the treeless plains of the Far West.”
“We therefore gathered a quantity of dry buffalo dung [bois de vache or “bodewash”] with which we made shift to keep the mosquitoes away; our provisions required no cooking.”
“But the apostle is done now. His press-teege is mashed flatter’n a bodewash chip.”
“Bodewash warmed many an early Manitoba settler.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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