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snowshoe
[ snoh-shoo ]
noun
- 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)
, snow·shoed, snow·shoe·ing.
- to walk or travel on snowshoes.
snowshoe
/ ˈsnəʊˌʃuː /
noun
- a device to facilitate walking on snow, esp a racket-shaped frame with a network of thongs stretched across it
verb
- intr to walk or go using snowshoes
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Derived Forms
- ˈsnowˌshoer, noun
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Other Words From
- snowshoer noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The snowshoe rabbit made its appearance, tracking the shadowy, silent woods with great, outlandish marks.
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Not less elegant and useful than the canoe is the snowshoe, without which the Indian would be badly off indeed.
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Joe Marion had gone a short way from camp in the hope of finding a snowshoe rabbit or a ptarmigan.
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Long snowshoe excursions on the Continental Divide have often brought me into the presence of mountain sheep in the snow.
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Unfortunately the Colonists were not able to use the snowshoe as could the lively Metis.
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