C.

This word is by no means obsolete in France, in the acceptation of "a

sledge." In addition to the instances given from Barré and Roquefort by

MR. ALBERT WAY, in his instructive note on the "Pilgrymage of Syr R.

Guylforde, Knyght," I find in Napoléon Landais' _Dictionnaire général et

grammatical des Dictionnaires Français_," the following explanation:--

"RAMASSE, chaise à porteurs, traîneau pour descendre des montagnes où

il y a de la neige: _descendre une montagne dans une ramasse_."

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