babiche noun leather laces, strips or thongs made from moose and caribou hide CANADA “Babiche” is adapted from a Micmac word, apapish meaning “cord”.
Another important product of caribou skin is babiche, made from the dehaired hide. The skin is spread out flat and a long thong produced by cutting in a spiral. — Beaver, p. 16/2, 16 March 1948
Indian stills look for babish, the moose hide thongs for sewing. — CamsellArrow, p. 25, January–March 1960