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parfleches

parfleches is the plural of parfleche.

Meaning of parfleche

Noun

parfleche (countable and uncountable, plural parfleches)

  1. (US) A form of stiff leather made from rawhide.
    • The boots had pointed toes like buskins and they had parfleche soles and high tops that were rolled down about the knees and tied.1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter IX, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC
  2. (US, countable) A shield, bag or other item made from this material.
    • But who could see, after dark, if he chewed pemmican filched from a parfleche of the Quiet One or crept down to drink from a spring?1952, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Unbeliever; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 39

Questions about parfleches

What is parfleches the plural of?
Parfleches is the plural of parfleche.

Words near parfleches in the dictionary

  1. Parfitian
  2. Parfitian survival
  3. Parfitt
  4. Parfitts
  5. parfleche
  6. parfleches
  7. parflesh
  8. parfleshes
  9. parfocal
  10. parfocalise
  11. parfocality

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