snowshoe lameness

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a painful state of inflamed joints and muscles affecting snowshoers, caused by undue strain on the tendons of the leg.

Quotations

1947

Mal de raquette, or snowshoe lameness, is something you have to watch out for at this time of year.