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shoe ((n.)) 
1 n. one of a pair of webbed frames for walking on top of deep snow. [See picture at snowshoe.]
See also: snowshoe ((n.)) (def. 1 and picture)
- 1748 These Shoes, as well as the Manner of Cloathing in Winter, is after the Example of the Indians, and the Shoes are made by the Indians for the People at the Factory.
- 1900 At every step the great webbed shoe sinks till the snow is level with the knee.
- 1964 . . . great differences in terrain (heavy timber, muskeg, open plains, mountainous slopes) evolved many forms of shoe to meet such widely contrasting conditions.
2 n. See quote.
- 1949 When the water was too shallow for the canoe to float, the Indian covered its bottom with "shoes" or splints of cedar, and dragged it over the wet stones.
- 1748 These Shoes, as well as the Manner of Cloathing in Winter, is after the Example of the Indians, and the Shoes are made by the Indians for the People at the Factory.