Parfleche

What do we mean by parfleche?

An untanned animal hide soaked in lye and water to remove the hair and then dried on a stretcher. noun

An article, such as a shield or bag, made of this hide. noun

The hide of an animal (preferably of a bull-buffalo) from which the hair has been removed by soaking in water mixed with wood-ashes, and which is then stretched on a frame so as to take the desired shape, and allowed to dry. noun

A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried. noun

A form of stiff leather made from rawhide noun

A shield, bag or other item made from this material noun

A form of stiff leather made from rawhide

A shield, bag or other item made from this material

Words that are spelled similarly to parfleche:
parfleche, perleche, parfleches.

Adjectives that are often used to describe parfleche:
rawhide, small, large, shaped, old, new, called, oblong.

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