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单词 parfleche
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Definition of parfleche in English:

parfleche

noun ˈpɑːflɛʃpärˈfleSH
  • 1A hide, especially a buffalo's hide, with the hair removed, dried by being stretched on a frame in a manner traditional among some North American Indian peoples.

    (美洲印第安文化)生牛皮(尤指水牛皮)

    as modifier parfleche panniers beautifully painted
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These were called parfleches, and they became the wrappers for the compressed dried meat that was put up in bales weighing from ‘thirty to forty-five and fifty pounds each’ ready for transport on packhorses.
    • The parfleche was selected as a suitable article to study.
    • Using a plastic tapestry needle as a substitute for a bone needle, the sides of the parfleche were stitched with raffia using any number of stitching techniques.
    1. 1.1 An article, especially a bag, made from parfleche.
      生牛革制品;水牛革制品
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The meat of buffalo and deer was a source of food, while the hides provided rawhide and buckskins for teepee covers, blankets, clothes and parfleches.
      • The same wear occurs on the blades, and we suggest that the blades were used to cut dry bison hide, possibly to manufacture parfleches, thongs, and other items.
      • The mauls may have been used to smash bison bone for making bone grease and, in combination with the stone slabs, for reducing dried meat to powder to pack into rawhide parfleches.

Origin

From Canadian French parflèche, from French parer 'ward off' + flèche 'arrow'.

Definition of parfleche in US English:

parfleche

nounpärˈfleSH
  • 1A hide, especially a buffalo's hide, with the hair removed, dried by being stretched on a frame in a manner traditional among some North American Indian peoples.

    (美洲印第安文化)生牛皮(尤指水牛皮)

    as modifier parfleche panniers beautifully painted
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The parfleche was selected as a suitable article to study.
    • These were called parfleches, and they became the wrappers for the compressed dried meat that was put up in bales weighing from ‘thirty to forty-five and fifty pounds each’ ready for transport on packhorses.
    • Using a plastic tapestry needle as a substitute for a bone needle, the sides of the parfleche were stitched with raffia using any number of stitching techniques.
    1. 1.1 An article, especially a bag, made from parfleche.
      生牛革制品;水牛革制品
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The same wear occurs on the blades, and we suggest that the blades were used to cut dry bison hide, possibly to manufacture parfleches, thongs, and other items.
      • The mauls may have been used to smash bison bone for making bone grease and, in combination with the stone slabs, for reducing dried meat to powder to pack into rawhide parfleches.
      • The meat of buffalo and deer was a source of food, while the hides provided rawhide and buckskins for teepee covers, blankets, clothes and parfleches.

Origin

From Canadian French parflèche, from French parer ‘ward off’ + flèche ‘arrow’.

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