tibeesh

• Other Authors: Memorial University - Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Indian; Newfoundland; The Toe; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76952

tibbage n The spaces outside the bars [of the snow-shoe] are severally the toe and heel of the snow-shoe. These are filled with more finely cut skin than the middle space, the Indian term for which is _tibeesh_, while the coarser filling of the middle space is called _babeesh_. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit...