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‖ raquette|raˈkɛt|
Also racq-.
= racket n.2 (esp. in sense 3 a).
c1665P. E. Radisson Voyages (1885) 66 We found snowes in few places, saving where the trees made a shadow, wch hindred the snow to thaw, wch made us carry the raquetts. 1760T. Jefferys Nat. & Civil Hist. French Dominions I. 57 The texture of the raquette or snow-shoe, consists of straps of leather about two lines in breadth, bordered with some light wood hardened in the fire. 1849J. E. Alexander L'Acadie II. 19 It was ludicrous to witness the mishaps of those who figured on the broad racquettes for the first time. 1861J. G. Sheppard Fall Rome xiii. 744 The bishop calls for his raquette, and engages in a game at tennis. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXIX. 362/1 When the racquette is fastened the heel and toe are free. 1965Canad. Geogr. Jrnl. Feb. 62/2 The ‘raquettes’ of today are strung, usually, with especially prepared cowhide, rather than the original deerhide. |