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Ojibwa snowshoe 
See 1860 quote. See picture at snowshoe.
See also: galley snowshoe ((n.))
- 1860 (1956) [On any intersected terrain covered with stones, or on lakes or rivers, where the ice has packed, and is not quite covered with snow they have extremely long snow-shoes, turning up at the front end like the head of a skate or the prow of a ship. They are frequently six feet long, and easily glide over any obstacles on the road.]
- 1916 (1314) It is somewhat peculiar in shape and is possibly a transition between the Ojibwa and Montagnais snowshoe.
- 1941 The Ojibway snowshoe is the most familiar type, for this is the usual shape of the factory made shoe.
- 1860 (1956) [On any intersected terrain covered with stones, or on lakes or rivers, where the ice has packed, and is not quite covered with snow they have extremely long snow-shoes, turning up at the front end like the head of a skate or the prow of a ship. They are frequently six feet long, and easily glide over any obstacles on the road.]