Associations to the word «Snowshoe»

Wiktionary

SNOWSHOE, noun. A flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow.
SNOWSHOE, verb. (intransitive) To travel using snowshoes.
SNOWSHOE, noun. A domestic cat breed.
SNOWSHOE HARE, noun. A North American hare, Lepus americanus, that has large, furry feet; its fur is white in winter and brown in summer
SNOWSHOE RABBIT, noun. The snowshoe hare

Dictionary definition

SNOWSHOE, noun. A device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot.
SNOWSHOE, verb. Travel on snowshoes; "After a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats