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snowshoe definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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 v
1: travel on snowshoes; "After a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1666 a usually lightweight platform for the foot that is designed to enable a person to walk on soft snow without sinking and that typically consists of an oblong frame crossed with leather thongs or synthetic material II. intransitive verb (snowshoed; snowshoeing) Date: 1880 to travel on snowshoes • snowshoer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a flat device like a racket attached to a boot for walking on snow without sinking in. --v.intr. travel on snowshoes. Derivatives: snowshoer n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Snowshoe Snow"shoe`, n. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(snowshoes) Snowshoes are oval frames which have a strong net stretched across them and which you fasten to your feet so that you can walk on deep snow. N-COUNT: usu pl