n. 1 a type of soft leather slipper or shoe with combined sole and heel, as orig. worn by n. American Indians. 2 (in full water moccasin) US a poisonous American snake of the genus Agkistrodon piscivorus.
[ Amer. ind. mockasin, makisin ]
n. 1 a type of soft leather slipper or shoe with combined sole and heel, as orig. worn by n. American Indians. 2 (in full water moccasin) US a poisonous American snake of the genus Agkistrodon piscivorus.
[ Amer. ind. mockasin, makisin ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012