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ˈsnow-shoe, n.
Also snow shoe, snowshoe.
[f. snow n.1 Cf. G. schneeschuh, Sw. snösko.]
1. a. A kind of foot-gear enabling the wearer to walk on the surface of snow, esp. one of a pair of racket-shaped frames of light wood, strung and netted with narrow strips of raw hide, used by the Indians and others in North America.
1674J. Josselyn Two Voy. 55 A crust upon the snow sufficient to bear a man walking with snow-shoos upon it. 1681Grew Museum iv. iii. 375 A Snow-Shooe, used in Greenland, and some other places. 1707in Sewall's Diary (1879) II. 60 They made her put on Snow Shoes, which to manage, requires more than ordinary agility. 1773Hist. Brit. Dom. N. Amer. ii. 59 In winter, when the snow would bear, they put on snow-shoes, which were made like a large tennis-racket, and laced them to their feet with the guts of deer. 1806Pike Sources Mississ. (1810) 69 Who..went so fast as to render it difficult, for the men with snow shoes, to keep up with them. 1841Catlin N. Amer. Ind. (1844) I. xxx. 254 The snow shoes are made in a great many forms,..of a hoop or hoops, bent around for the frame [etc.]. 1884Dawson Hdbk. Canada 230 It is quite usual in Montreal for young ladies to walk on snow-shoes [etc.].
b. One of a pair of skis.
1864G. W. Dasent Jest & Earnest (1873) II. 185, I can..ride, swim, glide on snowshoon. 1901H. Seebohm Birds of Siberia v. 44 On snow-shoes we got along comfortably... They were about seven feet long and six inches wide.
2. U.S. The snow-shoe rabbit (see 3).
1888Lees & Clutterbuck B.C. 1887 xxiii. (1892) 261 The Snowshoe..is the largest kind of alpine hare.
3. attrib., as snow-shoe excursion, snow-shoe expedition, snow-shoe step, snow-shoe track, etc.; snow-shoe disease, evil (see quot. 1809); snow-shoe foot, a foot (in certain animals) adapted for walking on snow; snowshoe hare, the North American varying hare, Lepus americanus; snow-shoe rabbit (see quot. 1889); also = snowshoe hare above.
1760Lett. to Hon. Brigadier General 5 The Snow-Shoes Expeditions of America. 1809A. Henry Trav. 68, I was now troubled with a disorder, called the snow-shoe evil, proceeding from an unusual strain on the tendons of the leg, occasioned by the weight of the snow-shoe, and brings on inflammation. 1889Cent. Dict. s.v. Rabbit, Snow-shoe rabbit, that variety of the American varying hare which is found in the Rocky Mountains... It has been described as a distinct species, Lepus bairdi. 1894Outing XXIV. 271/2 A scuffling, sliding, snow-shoe step. Ibid. 357/1 In a mild climate the snowshoe foot might frequently be a serious drawback. 1921Frontier May 11 In a zig-zag pattern in the snow were the tracks of the snow-shoe hares. 1903J. London Call of Wild 90 Leap by leap, like some pale frost wraith, the snowshoe rabbit flashed on ahead. 1971W. Hillen Blackwater River iii. 21 Snowshoe rabbits, so called because their large hairy feet serve as snowshoes. 1977New Yorker 9 May 96/2 We kicked at some wolf scat, old as winter. It was woolly and white and filled with the hair of a snowshoe hare.
Hence ˈsnow-shoe v. intr., to travel on snow-shoes or skis; ˈsnow-shoed a., wearing snow-shoes; also fig.; ˈsnow-shoeing vbl. n., the action or practice of travelling on snow-shoes, esp. as an exercise or sport; also attrib.; ˈsnow-shoer, one who uses, or travels on, snow-shoes.
1880C. B. Berry The Other Side 214 As we *snowshoed over Lake Joseph. 1890Hibbs in Big Game N. Amer. 41 The depth of snow..does not enter into account when snow-shoeing.
1896Harper's Mag. Apr. 726/2 The spectacle of a *snow-shoed Indian chasing the fleetest quadruped on earth. 1946Dylan Thomas Deaths & Entrances 30 The singing breaks in the snow shoed villages of wishes.
1867Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, Nevada) 12 Mar. 3/2 A race for a gold buckle, free to all lady *snow-shoers, was also announced. 1884Dawson Hdbk. Canada 230 A strong turn⁓out of snow-shoers..is a very picturesque sight. 1897Outing XXIX. 360/2 Two fine club-houses..where snow⁓shoers have long fraternized.
1884H. Chadwick Sports & Pastimes Amer. Boys 205 One of the favorite winter sports of the Canadians is *snowshoeing, which is enjoyed to a great extent by the clubs of Montreal, who engage in races and long tramps over the hills on snowshoes. 1885Cent. Mag. XXIX. 523 The vicissitudes of lacrosse, snow-shoeing, and tobogganing. 1887Cornhill Mag. Mar. 267 Which outings are the snowshoeing events of the season. |