parfleche
[pahr-flesh, pahr-flesh]
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noun
a rawhide that has been dried after having been soaked in a solution of lye and water to remove the hair.
an article or object, as a case, pouch, etc., made of such rawhide.
Origin of parfleche
1820–30; < Canadian French parflèche, equivalent to French par(er) to parry (see para-2) + flèche arrow
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Historical Examples of parfleche
“The Sioux had parfleche soles to all their moccasins,” said John, wisely.
The Young Alaskans on the MissouriEmerson Hough
The painted tongue and then the others are placed on the parfleche.
The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot IndiansClark Wissler
La Luna sat near her brother, sewing “parfleche” soles upon a pair of moccasins.
The Scalp HuntersMayne Reid
Then everybody began to sing hard, and four young men pounded with sticks on a parfleche, in time to the music.
When Buffalo RanGeorge Bird Grinnell
The parfleche of tongues and other paraphernalia are brought out by the attending women and put down beside the couple.
The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot IndiansClark Wissler
parfleche
noun US and Canadian
Word Origin for parfleche
C19: from Canadian French, from French parer to ward off, protect + flèche arrow
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