DCHP-3

master strand

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1941 quote.

Quotations

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.