watapn.
/ˈwɒtap/ (See quot. 18012.)
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watap1801
1801 A. Mackenzie Voy. from Montreal iii. 37 The vessels in which they cook their victuals, are in the shape of a gourd,..and of watape, fabricated in such a manner as to hold water.
1801 A. Mackenzie Voy. from Montreal iii. 37 (note) Watape is the name given to the divided roots of the spruce-fir, which the natives weave into a degree of compactness that renders it capable of containing a fluid. The different parts of the bark canoes are also sewed together with this kind of filament.
1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 14 The small roots of the tree afford the wattap, with which the bark is sewed.
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