1. large, flat frames worn on the feet to prevent sinking into deep snow

1. to walk or travel wearing snowshoes

Examples

• The hikers strapped on their snowshoes before heading into the forest.
• Traditional snowshoes are made with wooden frames and leather webbing.
• We need snowshoes to cross the deep powder without sinking.
• She snowshoes through the mountains every winter weekend.
• The rescue team snowshoed to the remote cabin.
• Modern snowshoes use lightweight aluminum and synthetic materials.
• They snowshoed across the frozen lake at dawn.