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Definition of Birch bark
1. Noun. A canoe made with the bark of a birch tree.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Birch Bark
Literary usage of Birch bark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1850)
"La Hontan relates a characteristic story respecting the birch bark : " I remember
I have seen, in a certain library in France, a manuscript of the Gospel of ..."
2. Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska: Formerly Russian America by Frederick Whymper (1868)
"... Tooth-brush experiences — Medicine-making — Indian dissipation — Child's
birch-bark chair. ALTHOUGH snow covers the ground, and the rivers are frozen, ..."
3. The History of Minnesota: From the Earliest French Explorations to the by Edward Duffield Neill (1858)
"The birch bark properly secured to the frame, the stakes are pulled out of the
ground, and the seams covered with resin that the water should not enter. ..."
4. The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Frederic Remington (1908)
"H as these the shapes they painted On the birch-bark and the deer-skin; Songs of
war and songs of hunting, Songs of medicine and of magic, All were written ..."
5. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Birch-bark is smooth, pliable, water-tight, and by reason of its resinous oils
so durable that it often remains intact long after the ..."
6. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The famous books of Numa Pompilius were written on birch bark, ... birch bark
yields tannin, a yellow dye, and an oil which gives Russia leather its ..."
7. Historic Indiana; Being Chapters in the Story of Hoosier State from the by Julia (Henderson) Levering (1909)
"The deftness and skill shown by the Indians in fashioning their birch-bark canoes
and dugouts indicated the experience of ages of savage ancestry. ..."
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