snowshoenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsnəʊ.ʃuː/us/ˈsnoʊ.ʃuː/a flat frame with straps of material stretched across it that can be attached to a boot to allow a person to walk on snow without sinking in
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Shoes
- ankle boot
- ballet shoe
- Birkenstock
- bootlace
- bootstrap
- brogue
- gumboot
- high heels
- high-top
- hobnail boot
- insole
- instep
- shoehorn
- shoelace
- shoestring
- shoetree
- skyscraper heels
- spat
- welly
- whitening
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Winter Sports
Examples from literature
- If you don’t have snowshoes with you, you can make them from tree branches and string.
- Make the outside of the snowshoe with the branches.
- Snowshoes can help you walk on top of the snow.
- Then tie the snowshoes to your boots.