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.

• “babiche” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• “babiche”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “babiche” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005

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.