babiche

First attested around 1800–10. From Canadian French, from Mi'kmaq ápapíj (“cord, thread”), diminutive of ápapi, from Proto-Algonquian *aʔlapa·py, *aʔlapa·pyi, from *aʔlapy- (“net”) + *-a·py (“string”).

• IPA^(key): /bəˈbiːʃ/, /bæˈbiːʃ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧biche

babiche (plural babiches)

1. (Canada, US) Thong(s) of rawhide or sinew used as cord, lacing, or webbing, in the manufacture of snowshoes, braided straps and tumplines, fishing and harpoon lines, knit bags, etc.

• Gadacz, René R. (2008). “Babiche”, in the Canadian Encyclopedia.

• Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “babiche”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• “babiche”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Elizabeth J. Jewell, Frank Abate, Erin McKean, editors (2005), “babiche”, in The New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Borrowed from Mi'kmaq ápapíj (“cord, thread”). See above.

• IPA^(key): /ba.biʃ/

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babiche f (plural babiches)

1. babiche

• babichon

• “babiche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.