noun 1.a contrivance that may be attached to the foot to enable the wearer to walk on deep
snow without sinking, especially a light, racket-shaped frame across
which is stretched a
network of rawhide.
verb (used without object) 3.to walk or travel on snowshoes.
Origin: 1655–65, Americanism;
snow +
shoe Related forms snow·sho·er, noun