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Meanings of birchbark canoe in English

A canoe made with the bark of a birch tree.

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        Examples for "birchbark"
        Examples for "birchbark"
        1
        Quietly he drove the birchbark under the shadow of the big bateau.
        The Flaming Forest
        2
        The basket, divided into sections by flexible birchbark, was full of food.
        The Mammoth Hunters
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        If you will get some dry birchbark, I will flash the pan.
        Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
        4
        A hood made of birchbark dropped down and blotted out the horse.
        The new yorker
        5
        What but the red flower in its birchbark case had wrought the change?
        The Maid of the Whispering Hills
        1
        The birch bark I had tucked out of sight in my pocket.
        The Cryptogram: A Story of Northwest Canada
        2
        Another woman made a basket of birch bark in the same way.
        The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone
        3
        Whole villages were blown up by mines of powder in birch bark.
        Vikings of the Pacific / The Adventures of the Explorers who Cam...
        4
        The Indian houses were long huts covered with strips of birch bark.
        The Beacon Second Reader
        5
        And you others fill your pockets with birch bark and spruce pitch-knots.
        God's Country—And the Woman
        Usage of birchbark canoe in English
        1
        Excepting at meal time and the bathing hour, they spent the day in a birchbark canoe on the lake.
        Lydia of the Pines
        2
        It was a long narrow crate, built of wooden slats, and careful opening revealed a birchbark canoe, big enough to paddle on the lake.
        The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Ca...
        3
        So it makes birchbark canoes come pretty high.
        The High School Boys' Canoe Club
        4
        "Sitting on an American Levitation couch is harder than standing up in a birchbark canoe," said Fern dryly.
        The Sirens of Titan
        5
        A NATIVE American community has expressed its gratitude to "the people of Ireland" for "their unconditional support" for repatriation of a 180-year-old Birchbark canoe.
        The Irish Times
        6
        "No," said Albert, "but we can get ready for the fall and winter, and I propose that we undertake right away a birchbark canoe.
        The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War