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

Origin of snowshoe

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

Related formssnow·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 Formssnowshoer, noun

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