Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An untanned animal hide soaked in lye and water to remove the hair and then dried on a stretcher.
- noun An article, such as a shield or bag, made of this hide.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hide of an animal (preferably of a bull-buffalo) from which the hair has been removed by soaking in water mixed with wood-ashes, and which is then stretched on a frame so as to take the desired shape, and allowed to dry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A form of stiff
leather made fromrawhide - noun US A
shield ,bag or other item made from this material
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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A portion was packed in parfleche bags, to be taken to the winter lodge, or to be used for food on journeys.
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La Luna sat near her brother, sewing "parfleche" soles upon a pair of moccasins.
The Scalp Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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One intriguing pre-Contact craft the shop offers is parfleche, AKA the Samsonite of the Plains.
Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010
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Ancient parfleche and quillwork designs are reinterpreted in beadwork, a craft that arose in the post-Contact era, when glass beads became available beaded moccasins, right, $125 and up; baby mocs shown in additional photos at bottom, $35-$80; Melvin Miner beaded rattle, below, $70.
Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010
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Ancient parfleche and quillwork designs are reinterpreted in beadwork, a craft that arose in the post-Contact era, when glass beads became available beaded moccasins, right, $125 and up; baby mocs shown in additional photos at bottom, $35-$80; Melvin Miner beaded rattle, below, $70.
Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010
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As in the range of parfleche available, past and present entwine throughout the collection in a vibrant demonstration of the way tradition can evolve while remaining true to its source.
Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010
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As in the range of parfleche available, past and present entwine throughout the collection in a vibrant demonstration of the way tradition can evolve while remaining true to its source.
Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010
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As in the range of parfleche available, past and present entwine throughout the collection in a vibrant demonstration of the way tradition can evolve while remaining true to its source.
Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010
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One intriguing pre-Contact craft the shop offers is parfleche, AKA the Samsonite of the Plains.
Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010
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As in the range of parfleche available, past and present entwine throughout the collection in a vibrant demonstration of the way tradition can evolve while remaining true to its source.
Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts Stephanie Woodard 2010
treeseed commented on the word parfleche
a raw hide soaked in lye to remove the hair and dried
an article (as a bag or case) made of parfleche
The parfleche was used by the Plains Indians as a container for storage and transportation. The word is French in origin (pare une fleche) meaning "deflects arrows" referring to the hard semi-tanned hide used to make the containers as well as shields. They were used to carry dried meat and pemmican and also clothing, tools, valuables and other materials.
January 22, 2008