snowshoe

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snow·shoe

   [snoh-shoo] noun, verb, snow·shoed, snow·shoe·ing.
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.
2.
Indian yellow (def. 1).
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verb (used without object)
3.
to walk or travel on snowshoes.

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Origin:
1655–65, Americanism; snow + shoe

Related forms
snow·sho·er, noun
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snowshoe (ˈsnəʊˌʃuː)
 
—n
1.  a device to facilitate walking on snow, esp a racket-shaped frame with a network of thongs stretched across it
 
—vb , -shoes, -shoeing, -shoed
2.  (intr) to walk or go using snowshoes
 
'snowshoer
 
—n

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