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bear-paw (snow) shoe 
an almost circular snowshoe, varying considerably in size, used especially by the eastern Algonkians.
See also: bear-paw
- 1936 All he could obtain was two pairs of "Bear Paw" shoes, which are about the same size as the face of an ordinary tennis racket. . . .
- 1939 Their white parkas, caribou moccasins, and great, circular bear-paw snowshoes made them a colourful lot.
- 1964 Some of it fell on his bear-paw snow-shoes.
- 1936 All he could obtain was two pairs of "Bear Paw" shoes, which are about the same size as the face of an ordinary tennis racket. . . .