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Eastern snowshoe 
a type of snowshoe used by the Montagnais Indians of northern Quebec, having an oval or circular frame and a short tail. See picture at snowshoe.
See also: beavertail snowshoe snowshoe ((n.))
- 1941 The Montagnais shoe is the commonest form used throughout the Labrador Peninsula and is usually known simply as the Eastern snowshoe.
- 1941 The Montagnais shoe is the commonest form used throughout the Labrador Peninsula and is usually known simply as the Eastern snowshoe.