deer lick


noun

a spot of ground, naturally or artificially salty, where deer come to lick.

Origin of deer lick

First recorded in 1735–45

Example sentences from the Web for deer lick

  • Naturally it is a "deer-lick," which makes it a Mecca during the open season to hunters.

    The Lake of the Sky |George Wharton James
  • There was a deer-lick on our camp-ground there at Bridge Creek, and during the night deer came down and strayed through the camp.

    Tenting To-night |Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I was probably not more than a mile away when you found that deer-lick.

    Far Past the Frontier |James A. Braden

British Dictionary definitions for deer lick

deer lick

noun

a naturally or artificially salty area of ground where deer come to lick the salt