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raquette
[< Cdn F < F "tennis racket"]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:(older) racquette
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n.
a snowshoe.
Quotations
<i>c</i>1665
We found snowes in few places, saving where the trees made a shaddow, wch hindred the snow to thaw, wch made us carry the raquetts wth our feete, and sometimes wth the hands.
1760
The texture of the raquette or snow-shoe, consists of straps of leather about two lines in breadth, bordered with some light wood hardened in the fire.
1849
Next morning, with three pairs of socks and mocassins, we essayed snow-shoeing; and it was ludicrous to witness the mishaps of those who figured on the broad racquettes for the first time. . . .
1965
The "raquettes" of today are strung, usually, with especially prepared cowhide, rather than the original deerhide or gut of the 17th century. . . .