Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An oblong frame, usually strung with interlaced strips or a taut membrane, worn on the foot to enable walking on deep snow.
- intransitive verb To travel on snowshoes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To walk on snow-shoes.
- noun A contrivance attached to the foot to enable the wearer to walk on deep snow without sinking to the extent of being disabled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A flat item of
footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow. - verb intransitive to travel using snowshoes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot
- verb travel on snowshoes
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Examples
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There was this awful summer slump in snowshoe sales, so Harold developed the world's only moose-gut tennis racket.
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The rabbit, or more properly the varying-hare, of the northern forest is also called the snowshoe rabbit, from the fact that nature has provided it with remarkable feet that allow it to run with ease over the deepest and softest snow.
The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905
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Winter travellers, however, were sometimes troubled with a disorder known as the snowshoe evil.
Pioneers in Canada Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892
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Our critter of the month is the closest thing to an Easter Bunny we have, at least in the Adirondacks; it is the varying hare, more commonly known as the snowshoe rabbit.
unknown title 2009
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Our critter of the month is the closest thing to an Easter Bunny we have, at least in the Adirondacks; it is the varying hare, more commonly known as the snowshoe rabbit.
unknown title 2009
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Our critter of the month is the closest thing to an Easter Bunny we have, at least in the Adirondacks; it is the varying hare, more commonly known as the snowshoe rabbit.
unknown title 2009
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Our critter of the month is the closest thing to an Easter Bunny we have, at least in the Adirondacks; it is the varying hare, more commonly known as the snowshoe rabbit.
unknown title 2009
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In times when alternative foods such as snowshoe hares and ptarmigan were also in low numbers, there was suffering and death among the people.
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The boots provided an unexpected benefit: they acted as a kind of snowshoe when there was deep snow, and the large, heavy animals didn't sink in as far.
The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990
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There are two rabbits, one a huge jackrabbit of the great plains region, the other the "snowshoe" rabbit, so called because of his broad furry feet which keep it from sinking into the soft snow in winter.
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