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☆ snow·shoe (-s̸ho̵̅o̅′)

noun

either of a pair of racket-shaped frames of wood, etc. fitted with crosspieces and crisscrossed with strips of leather, etc., worn on the feet to prevent sinking in deep snow

intransitive verb snowshoed -·shoed′, snowshoeing -·shoe′·ing

to use snowshoes in walking

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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