galley

[origin uncertain; ? ult. < obs. dial. galligaskins leggings]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1860 quote in Ojibwa snowshoe.

Quotations

1743

Galley shoes are in two pieces Narrow at the top and turns up a Little, and sharpe at the Hee'l.

1775

Their Snow Shoes are like the Gallies described before only the inside part of the frame is in a streight line.

1957

The form of these "galleys" or "gillies" is traditional, but the front and rear panels are woven of fine twine instead of babiche.