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
<noun.artifact> [ verb ]
travel on snowshoes
<verb.motion> After a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store
Snowshoe \Snow"shoe`\, n. A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow.
This was his chance, you see, to break three hours in the year's only snowshoe marathon.
A skinny 18-inch braid snakes down the middle of his back, and his full beard turns into a hairy icicle in snowshoe races.