parfleche

noun /ˈpɑːflɛʃ/

1. A shield, bag or other item made from this material.

   countable

   But who could see, after dark, if he chewed pemmican filched from a parfleche of the Quiet One or crept down to drink from a spring?

Where it comes from

From Canadian French parflèche, equivalent to French par(er) (“to parry”) + French flèche (“arrow”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry parfleche (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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