Meaning Of The Word Snowshoe

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snowshoe
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.

snowshoe in American English
either of a pair of racket-shaped frames of wood, etc. fitted with crosspieces and crisscrossed with strips of leather, etc., worn on the feet to prevent sinking in deep snow
to use snowshoes in walking
noun: a contrivance that may be attached to the foot to enable the wearer to walk on deep snow without sinking, esp. a light, racket-shaped frame across which is stretched a network of rawhide

snowshoe in British English
noun: a device to facilitate walking on snow, esp a racket-shaped frame with a network of thongs stretched across it
verb: to walk or go using snowshoes

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