单词 | babiche |
释义 | babichen. North American (originally and chiefly Canadian). Strips of rawhide or sinew used as laces, thread, webbing, etc., esp. in snowshoes. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > tie > thong, lace, or cord > sinew or rawhide sinewa1400 babiche1806 shaganappi1873 1806 S. Fraser Let. 30 Sept. (1960) 243 Will you be able to send me over some green skins for windows and Babich. 1899 O. T. Mason in Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1897 732 Fine babiche or rawhide string for the webbing of the snowshoe. 1913 Rep. Geogr. Board Canad. App. 55 Especially noteworthy are the muskemoots..made of babiche. 1948 Sat. Evening Post 21 Aug. 72/4 No screws or nails are used at the joints, but babiche instead—rawhide thongs. 1991 D. McBain Art Roebuck 11 He searched until he found a short branch and flung out a charred snowshoe reeking of burnt babiche. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1806 |
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