watap

noun
wa·​tap | \ waˈtäp\
variants: or less commonly watape or wattape \ -​pē \
plural -s

Definition of watap

: a thread made of the stringy roots of any of various coniferous trees and used by American Indians especially for sewing together strips of birch bark in canoes

History and Etymology for watap

Canadian French watap, from Algonquin

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