Definition of Parflesh

1. a rawhide soaked in lye to remove the hair and dried [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parflesh

paretic impotence
paretic neurosyphilis
paretics
pareu
pareus
pareve
parfait
parfaits
parfay
parfit
parfitly
parfleche
parfleches
parflesh (current term)
parfleshes
parfocal
parfocal objectives
parfocalities
parfocality
parfocalize
parfocalized
parfocalizes
parfocalizing
parfumier
parfumiers
pargana
parganas
pargasite

Literary usage of Parflesh

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Belden, the White Chief: Or, Twelve Years Among the Wild Indians of the Plains by George Pfauts Belden (1875)
"Then more layers of meat are put in, and more fat poured on, until the parflesh is full, when the laps are folded over each other and tightly sewed up with ..."

2. Missionary Explorers Among the American Indians by Mary Gay Humphreys (1913)
"saddle, while two white parflesh portfolios, beautifully decorated with painted figures and heavy ..."

3. Publications of the Nebraska State Historical Society by Nebraska State Historical Society (1887)
"... a few that they leave for parflesh, for meat bales, corn bags, and moccasin soles. Their lodge skins are dressed similar to elk or deer skins, ..."

4. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838 by Charles Wilkes (1849)
"The principal part of the provision was flour; this is packed in sacks; the sacks are again enclosed in a " parflesh" made of hide, to protect them from ..."

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