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
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 Charles Alexander Eastman
The men dress, and the parfleche containing the tongues is opened and the tongues given to the members of the society who made the sweathouse.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
Her moccasins are of deer skin, with parfleche soles and worked with porcupine quills.
From Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People by George Bird Grinnell
The body was wrapped in blankets and robes and bound around and around with parfleche ropes.
From Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie L. McLaughlin
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