DCHP-1 Online
master strand 
See 1941 quote.
- 1940 . . . in the making of snowshoes the women did the lacing as a rule but the frames were bent and prepared by the men, whose task it was also to lace the "master strands" which bear the greatest strain.
- 1941 Master strand--The large transverse strands in a snowshoe that carry the weight of the body.
- 1940 . . . in the making of snowshoes the women did the lacing as a rule but the frames were bent and prepared by the men, whose task it was also to lace the "master strands" which bear the greatest strain.