Babiche
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For the Ethiopian town, see Babiche, Ethiopia.
Babiche is a type of cord or lacing of rawhide or sinew traditionally made by American Indians.
Babiche were used for all purposes for which Europeans would use string or rope, e.g. as webbing, in the manufacture of snowshoes, braided straps and tumplines, fishing and harpoon lines.
[edit] Etymology
Babiche is the Canadian French adaptation of an Algonquian word derived from the Míkmaq ápapíj, itself derived from ápapi, meaning "cord" or "thread".[1]
[edit] References
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Look up babiche in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Encyclopedia of Kitchen History. Taylor & Francis. pp. 39. ISBN 1-57958-380-6.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Babiche". Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=babiche. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
