snow shovel (snoshuv #1)

A flat, broad wooden shovel made for shoveling snow. snow-skate (snō'skāt), n. In northern Europe, a contrivance for gliding rapidly over frozen or compact snow. It is usually a long, narrow sole of wood, 6 feet or more in length. See snow -shoe. He put on his snow skates and started, and I set about turning the delay to profit by making acquaintance with the inmates of the tents. B. Taylor , Northern Travel, p. 120. snow-slide (snō'slīd), n. An avalanche; also, any ma of snow sliding down an incline, as a roof. The terms "ground" and "dust" avalanches are applied to different varieties of snow slips or slides . D. G. Elliot , in Wolf's Wild Animals, p. 118.