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buffalo jump

n. (context historical English) A cliff over which buffalo were herded as a means of hunting them.

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Buffalo jump

A buffalo jump is a cliff formation which Native Americans historically used in order to hunt and kill plains bison in mass quantities.

Usage examples of "buffalo jump".

There's a big cliff in Billings that was a buffalo jump, but our people never drove the herds over it.