snowshoe

[ snoh-shoo ]

/ ˈsnoʊˌʃu /

noun

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.

Indian yellow(def 1).

verb (used without object), snow·shoed, snow·shoe·ing.

to walk or travel on snowshoes.

Nearby words

snowplough, snowplow, snows of kilimanjaro, the, snowscape, snowshed, snowshoe, snowshoe cat, snowshoe hare, snowshoe hare virus, snowslide, snowstorm

Origin of snowshoe

An Americanism dating back to 1655–65; snow + shoe

Related forms

snow·sho·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for snowshoe

The snowshoe rabbit replaces the cottontail in Canada and the most northern portions of the United States.
Science of Trapping|Elmer Harry Kreps
Once, in a valley where willows budded standing in the snow, he shot a snowshoe rabbit.
Smoke Bellew|Jack London
Joe 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. Snell
The depression was a snowshoe trail, and it ended just beyond the little mound.
Snowdrift|James B. Hendryx

Cottontail rabbits huddled in their burrows and snowshoe hares crept about in the thickets.
The Black Fawn|James Arthur Kjelgaard

British Dictionary definitions for snowshoe

snowshoe

/ (ˈsnəʊˌʃuː) /

noun

a device to facilitate walking on snow, esp a racket-shaped frame with a network of thongs stretched across it

verb -shoes, -shoeing or -shoed

(intr) to walk or go using snowshoes

Derived Forms

snowshoer, noun

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