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What does birchbark mean?

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Noun
  1. The bark of the birch tree, especially the white bark of the paper birch, Betula papyrifera.
  2. A piece of this bark, formerly used for writing on.
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Most were made of birchbark that had been embroidered, while others were covered with red or black cloth attractively embroidered with moosehair.
Whenever a halt was called, if only for five minutes, I reached mechanically for a strip of birchbark and a handful of twigs.
It is made of birchbark and covered with black velvet, which was for Aboriginal artisans an expensive fabric.
By the end of the 19th century, the more delicate birchbark creations frequently had their panels sewn with cotton thread or seamed with ribbon.
With a cry the girl sprang back, crushing the birchbark case with its red flower into shapeless ruin.
Although these canoes are covered with birchbark, this skin, like that of a kayak, is stretched over a framework of ribs and spars.

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