snowshoe
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.
to walk or travel on snowshoes.
Origin of snowshoe
1Other words from snowshoe
- snowshoer, noun
Words Nearby snowshoe
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How to use snowshoe in a sentence
There are even specialty snowshoes designed for snow running!
He escaped the cacophony by strapping on snowshoes and slipping into the Great North Woods | Miles Howard | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostThis second stick is where your heel will hit on the snowshoes.
How to build snowshoes on the fly—and 4 other tips for surviving deep snow | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | January 5, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSki, snowshoe, or hike a mile from the Nordic Center near Leadville to this restaurant at 10,800 feet.
The lodge is also connected to the nordic trails of Craftsbury Outdoor Center, which also grooms separate fat-bike and snowshoe loops.
Rumor has it the locals ski down the frozen waterfalls, but we recommend sticking to snowshoes.
The snowshoe rabbit made its appearance, tracking the shadowy, silent woods with great, outlandish marks.
The White Desert | Courtney Ryley CooperNot less elegant and useful than the canoe is the snowshoe, without which the Indian would be badly off indeed.
Hudson Bay | R.M. BallantyneJoe Marion had gone a short way from camp in the hope of finding a snowshoe rabbit or a ptarmigan.
On the Yukon Trail | Roy J. SnellLong snowshoe excursions on the Continental Divide have often brought me into the presence of mountain sheep in the snow.
Watched by Wild Animals | Enos A. MillsUnfortunately the Colonists were not able to use the snowshoe as could the lively Metis.
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists | George Bryce
British Dictionary definitions for snowshoe
/ (ˈsnəʊˌʃuː) /
a device to facilitate walking on snow, esp a racket-shaped frame with a network of thongs stretched across it
(intr) to walk or go using snowshoes
Derived forms of snowshoe
- snowshoer, noun
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