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Meanings of birchbark in English

A canoe made with the bark of a birch tree.

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Examples for "birchbark canoe"
Examples for "birchbark canoe"
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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
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 in English
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
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
6
Ayla had put the birchbark cast on her arm that morning.
The Plains of Passage
7
For that I had you stay here all day, making a birchbark basket.
Tom Slade's Double Dare
8
Ayla took off the old birchbark and put on a fresh piece yesterday.
The Plains of Passage
9
I'll boil some black birchbark and bring the tea to you.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
10
She cut away the birchbark cast and examined the boy.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
11
She poured some of the cooled gummy liquid into a smaller birchbark eating dish.
The Valley of Horses
12
There was one birchbark packet of maple sugar left.
The Valley of Horses
13
Whereat the gallant smilingly tossed the meat and its birchbark platter at the woman's feet.
The Maid of the Whispering Hills
14
Maybe I can make some containers out of birchbark.
The Valley of Horses
15
I'll get birchbark when he's asleep, and maybe I can make some crutches for him.
The Plains of Passage
16
Ayla applied the birchbark cast in the evening.
The Plains of Passage
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