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swallow-tail snowshoe
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a kind of snowshoe common among the Indians of the northeast of Canada, used for travel through deep, soft snow and underbrush. See picture at snowshoe.
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1916
[Caption] Swallow-tail type.
1965
One is relatively broad, rounded in front and pointed in back. This type is sometimes referred to as the "swallow-tail" snowshoe.