Snowshoe
a light frame made of bent wood and interlacing thongs, used SNUFF tread of the shoe is formed of strips of raw-hide, hard twisted twine, or, among the Indians, of deer-sinews. In use the toe is placed beneath the strap and the foot rests on the thongs; as the heel rises in walking, the snow shoe is not raised, but as the foot is lifted, the toe elevates the forward end of the snowshoe, which is then dragged along on the snow as the leg is advanced. They are usually from three to four feet in length, and a foot to 18 inches broad in the middle. See SKI.