Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Strips of rawhide, sinew, or gut used for sewing, lacing, or fastening: snowshoes webbed with babiche.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A rawhide thong.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- Attested 1800–10. From Canadian French, from Mi'kmaq ápapíj ("cord, thread"), diminutive of ápapi, from Proto-Algonquian *aʔlapa·py, *aʔlapa·pyi, from *aʔlapy- (“net”) + *-a·py (“string”). (Wiktionary)
- Canadian French, of Algonquian origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He set some babiche to soak for mending his snowshoes.”
“Relieved of the weight upon his shoulders, Clen had a fighting chance for his life, but it is doubtful if he would have won had it not been that the Indian, missing him at last, returned in the nick of time, and with the aid of a loop of _babiche_, succeeded in drawing him from the water.”
“Then MacNair bellowed a hoarse order, and the firing ceased, and the Indians bound the prisoners with thongs of _babiche_.”
“Merican Joe arrived with the _babiche_ lines, and as the boy proceeded to uncoil and knot them together, he sent the Indian to the tent for some blankets.”
“Far away in the timber a wolf howled, and Leloo's eyes at once assumed an expression of intense longing and he listened motionless until the sound died away, then with a glance at the _babiche_ thong that secured him, settled slowly to the robe and lay with his long pointed muzzle upon his outstretched forepaws, and his dull yellow eyes blinking lazily.”
“Going to the sled, 'Merican Joe picked up a loop of _babiche_ line and threw it about Leloo's neck.”
“Turning to 'Merican Joe, whose nerve had completely returned when he became convinced that the author of the strange yell was a man of flesh and blood, the boy ordered him post-haste to the tent to fetch the three coils of strong _babiche_ line that he had added to the outfit.”
“When the blankets were secured with the _babiche_ line the Indian lifted the man to his shoulders, and struck out for the tent, as Connie hurried on ahead to build up the fire and prepare some food.”
“A rabbit snare is made of fine babiche, sinew, cord, or wire, and the loop is hung over a rabbit runway just high enough to catch it round the neck.”
“They make _mos-quil-moots_, or hunting bags, of plaited _babiche_, or deerskin thongs, for the use of the men.”
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