parfleche

American  

[pahr-flesh, pahr-flesh] / ˈpɑr flɛʃ, pɑrˈflɛʃ /

noun

1. a rawhide that has been dried after having been soaked in a solution of lye and water to remove the hair.

2. an article or object, as a case, pouch, etc., made of such rawhide.

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parfleche British  

/ ˈpɑːflɛʃ /

noun

1. a sheet of rawhide that has been dried after soaking in lye and water to remove the hair

2. an object, such as a case, made of this

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Etymology

Origin of parfleche

1820–30; < Canadian French parflèche, equivalent to French par ( er ) to parry ( para- ² ) + flèche arrow

Example Sentences

She won the best in class for youth for her painted parfleche purse.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2015

The parfleche of tongues and other paraphernalia are brought out by the attending women and put down beside the couple.

From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Wissler, Clark

The parfleche of tongues is packed on the travois.

From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Wissler, Clark

Her moccasins are of deer skin, with parfleche soles and worked with porcupine quills.

From Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People by Grinnell, George Bird

Then everybody began to sing hard, and four young men pounded with sticks on a parfleche, in time to the music.

From When Buffalo Ran by Grinnell, George Bird