MOCCASIN


Meaning of MOCCASIN in English

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.

Etymology: Amer. Ind. mockasin, makisin

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.