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Definition

1. Or: beaver shot / burgershot / split beaver / spread beaver , a sexually explicit photograph or movie scene in which a nude or partially nude woman is sitting or reclining in a position fully exposing her genitals and pubic hair or underpants. This is one of many beaver terms that appeared on college campuses across the country during the Roaring Twenties; it gained in popularity in the late 1960s when it became permissible to show the pubic hair in pornographic magazines.
Synonym: gynecologic spread.
See also: beaver; beaver pose; eager beavers; split-beaver shot; wide-open beaver.

2. An act of voyeurism. One of many beaver terms, now dated, that appeared on college campuses across the country during the Roaring Twenties.