parfleche
Americannoun
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a rawhide that has been dried after having been soaked in a solution of lye and water to remove the hair.
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an article or object, as a case, pouch, etc., made of such rawhide.
noun
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a sheet of rawhide that has been dried after soaking in lye and water to remove the hair
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an object, such as a case, made of this
Etymology
Origin of parfleche
1820–30; < Canadian French parflèche, equivalent to French par ( er ) to parry ( see para- 2) + flèche arrow
Example Sentences
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She won the best in class for youth for her painted parfleche purse.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2015
There were many parfleche bags piled around the tepee, and thinking he might find some kind of medicine roots which he could use to revive her he started opening them one after the other.
From Myths and Legends of the Sioux by McLaughlin, Marie L.
Then everybody began to sing hard, and four young men pounded with sticks on a parfleche, in time to the music.
From When Buffalo Ran by Grinnell, George Bird
It consists of a hunting-shirt of dressed deer-skin, smoked to the softness of a glove; leggings, reaching to the waist, and moccasins of the same material; the latter soled with the parfleche of the buffalo.
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
Old men and boys crowded about the hero of the day, the dog, and the thoughtful grandmother of Matohinshda unharnessed him and poured some water from a parfleche water bag into a basin.
From Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Eastman, Charles Alexander
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