parfleche
- noun
- /ˈpɑrflɛʃ/
- US
- They carried their supplies in a sturdy parfleche made from rawhide.
Examples
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Bring me the parfleche with the red beads.
Fiction book (2000) -
At his own tipi, White Horse angrily flung some things together and stuffed them into his parfleche.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Maybe we can get enough hide to make a new parfleche, too," she said.
Fiction book (1990) -
She ran over to her parfleche and took out her own knife that she had kept with her when she was first left at the fort.
Fiction book (1992) -
My brother and I shook hands with our cousins and packed the gifts in parfleche containers strapped to our ponies.
Fiction book (1994) -
Gaily painted p91 parfleches lined the perimeter and gave a person something to lean against.
Fiction book (1992) -
Scanty possessions were rolled and stuffed into parfleches, which were in turn lashed to travois and hooked to the suddenly anxious dogs.
Fiction book (1992) -
I knew what he'd found: my half-dozen parfleches of tanned painted horsehide; inside, all the boxes and jars and bottles and packets.
Fiction book (2000) -
The artist beautifully decorated her parfleche with intricate beadwork.
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During the ceremony, the elder displayed an ornate parfleche filled with traditional gifts.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Parfleche comes from French and is thought to combine par- and flèche, meaning 'against' and 'arrow'. These strong, decorated rawhide cases made by Plains Native Americans could act like a small shield to protect tools and goods, which is why the name fits.