wusquay

< Algonk.; cf. Cree wuski-cheman

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a birchbark canoe.

Quotations

1861

The Ven. Archdeacon Hunter and the Rev. Mr. Cowley might also be seen paying their visits in the same characteristic vehicle: the red man's wusquay.