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rabiscaw [cf. Rabisca] Fur Trade, Hist. 
n. See quotes.
- 1919 An offshoot of the Algonkian canoe was the "rabiscaw" of the Hudson Bay Company, an extra large birch-bark craft designed to meet the standards of the fur trade. A prominent feature was the high, upturned bow and stern decorated with gaudy designs.
- 1920 The canoe commonly used was the large birch-bark "rabascaw" with high, rounded ends and about 33 feet long and 4 1/2 feet wide, or, as the canoemen would describe it, "the five-and-a-half fathom variety."
- 1919 An offshoot of the Algonkian canoe was the "rabiscaw" of the Hudson Bay Company, an extra large birch-bark craft designed to meet the standards of the fur trade. A prominent feature was the high, upturned bow and stern decorated with gaudy designs.