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Noun: snowshoe  'snow,shoo
  1. A device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot
    "The hikers used snowshoes to traverse the deep winter snow"
Verb: snowshoe (snowshoeing)  'snow,shoo
  1. Travel on snowshoes
    "After a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store"

Derived forms: snowshoes, snowshoeing, snowshoed

Type of: device, go, locomote, move, travel

Encyclopedia: Snowshoe, WV