MOCCASIN


Meaning of MOCCASIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmä-kə-sən ]

noun

Etymology: Virginia Algonquian mockasin

Date: circa 1612

1.

a. : a soft leather heelless shoe or boot with the sole brought up the sides of the foot and over the toes where it is joined with a puckered seam to a U-shaped piece lying on top of the foot

b. : a regular shoe having a seam on the forepart of the vamp imitating the seam of a moccasin

2.

a. : water moccasin

b. : a snake (as of the genus Natrix ) resembling a water moccasin

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