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ba⋅biche

  [buh-beesh]
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–noun
(in the Pacific Northwest) thong, thread, or lacings made of rawhide, gut, or sinew, esp. for making snowshoes.
Origin:
1800–10; < CanF (la) babiche < Micmac a⋅papi⋅č cord, thread, dim. of a⋅papi < Proto-Algonquian *aʔlapa⋅py(i) (*aʔlapy- net + *-a⋅py- string)
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ba·biche   (bə-bēsh')   
n.  Strips of rawhide, sinew, or gut used for sewing, lacing, or fastening: snowshoes webbed with babiche.

[Canadian French, of Algonquian origin.]
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