Lexicographical Neighbors of Parfleshes
Literary usage of Parfleshes
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)
"The meat is now ready for winter use, and two parfleshes are fastened together
like a pair of saddle-bags, and slung across the back of a pony when the ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"The women inherited the kettles and other utensils, besides their saddles,
blankets, " parfleshes," etc. The horses, canoes, weapons, etc., went to the male ..."
3. Four Months Among the Gold-finders in Alta California: Being the Diary of an by Henry Vizetelly (1849)
"This was packed up in sacks, which were again inclosed in long pockets, made of
hides, and called " parfleshes," the use of which is to defend the canvas of ..."
4. The Cowboy: His Characteristics, His Equipment, and His Part in the by Philip Ashton Rollins (1922)
"... or "parfleshes," this last term, whichever way spelled, being a corruption of
the dictionary's word, "parfleche." Incidentally, throughout the West, ..."
5. Sheridan's Troopers on the Borders: A Winter Campaign on the Plains by De Benneville Randolph Keim (1885)
"Opposite the chief on our right, lay several very fine robes and parfleshes finely
painted. On our left, lay the rude cooking utensils of the lodge. ..."
6. The Klamath Indians of Southwestern Oregon by Albert Samuel Gatschet (1890)
"... on account of being protected by elk-skin parfleshes, 17, ... to take away
parfleshes, 21, 4. 5. ..."
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