parfleche (plural parfleches)
(US) A form of stiff leather made from rawhide
(US) A shield, bag or other item made from this material
Source: Wiktionary
Par*fleche", n. [Prob. through Canadian F. fr. Amer. Indian.]
Definition: A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2024
(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
