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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"
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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
3
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
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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
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"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