Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| aglet aiglet aiguillette | the tag covering the end of a lace. |
| alpargata | a light sandal with a hemp or rope sole. |
| arctic | a waterproof overshoe. |
| baboosh babouche babuche pabouche | an Oriental heelless slipper. |
| balmoral | a kind of boot lacing (also a kind of bonnet and a kind of petticoat). |
| barefit | barefoot. |
| barefoot | without footwear. |
| bauchle | a loose, down-at-heel shoe; (verb) to make shapeless, to bungle. |
| blucher | a leather half-boot. [From L. von Blücher (1742-1819), Prussian general]. |
| boot | a covering for the foot and at least the ankle, often the calf or even higher up the leg, made of leather, rubber, etc; (verb) to kick. |
| bootee bootie | a woman's short lined boot; an infant's boot of wool etc. |
| bootikin | a little boot, legging, or gaiter. |
| bootlace | a lace for a BOOT. |
| bottine | a small boot; a surgical boot for correcting deformity. |
| brodekin brodkin | a BUSKIN or half-boot. |
| brogan brogue | a strong and tough working shoe. |
| buskin | a thick-soled boot (aka COTHURNUS) worn by actors in ancient Greek tragedy. |
| buskined | wearing buskins. |
| calceamentum | a red silk embroidered sandal forming part of the insignia of the Holy Roman Empire. Pl. CALCEAMENTA. |
| calceate | to shoe. |
| calced | wearing shoes, esp. of religious orders, as opposed to DISCALCED. |
| chappal | a type of open SANDAL worn in India. |
| chaussure | a foot covering of any kind. |
| chopin chopine | a high CLOG or PATTEN introduced into England from Venice during the reign of Elizabeth I. [Sp. chapin]. |
| cleat | a strip attached to the sole of a shoe to strengthen it; (verb) to strengthen with a cleat. |
| clinker | a nail used as a protective stud in footwear, esp in climbing boots; (verb) to form fused residue in burning. |
| clog | a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole; (verb) to choke with an impediment. |
| cothurn cothurnus | a BUSKIN anciently used by tragic actors on the stage. The pl. of COTHURNUS is COTHURNI. |
| cothurnal | like a COTHURNUS. |
| cracowe | a long-toed boot of the fourteenth century. [From Kraków (Cracow), a city in southern Poland.] |
| crampon | an attachment for a climbing boot to give a grip on ice etc. |
| creps | am informal name for training shoes. |
| crowboot | a type of Inuit boot made of fur and leather. |
| dap | (dial.) a gym shoe; (verb) to bounce, to drop lightly on water. |
| discalceate | unshod; (noun) one who is unshod. |
| discalced | unshod, esp. of religious orders, as in discalced friars. |
| espadrille | a SANDAL with rope bottom and canvas top. |
| fieldboot | a knee-length boot. |
| finnesko finnsko finsko | a reindeer-skin BOOT with the hair on. No —S. |
| flatform | a thick level sole on a shoe. |
| flatty | a light flat shoe. |
| flipflop | a type of rubber sandal. |
| footbed | the insole in a boot or shoe. |
| footgear | anything worn on the feet. |
| footmuff | a muff for keeping the feet warm. |
| footwear | anything worn on the feet. |
| galage galoche galosh golosh goloshe | an overshoe. GALOSH and GOLOSH can be used as verbs: to put an overshoe on. |
| geta | a Japanese wooden sandal with a thong between the toes. |
| golosh | see GALAGE. |
| goloshe | see GALAGE. |
| goloshoes | goloshes. N.B. no GOLOSHOE*. |
| gumboot | a rubberised footwear. |
| heelless | without heels. |
| heelpiece | a piece of armour protecting the heel. |
| heelplate | a reinforcing piece of metal for a shoe. |
| hosiery | hose collectively; the goods in which a hosier deals. |
| huarache huaracho guaracha guarache guarachi | a flat-heeled sandal. The pl. of HUARACHO is HUARACHOS. |
| innersole insole | the inner sole of a shoe or boot. |
| jackboot | a kind of high boot; (verb) to behave in a brutally authoritarian way. |
| jemima | an elastic-sided boot. |
| kamik | a knee-length sealskin boot. |
| kiltie kilty | a shoe with a long slashed tongue that folds over the instep. |
| klett kletterschuh | a lightweight climbing boot with a canvas or suede upper and Vibram > KLETTS, KLETTERSCHUHE. |
| larrigan larigan | a long boot made of oiled leather, made by lumbermen etc. |
| latchet | a leather thong fastening a sandal on the foot. |
| loafer | a shoe like a moccasin for casual wear. |
| midsole | a layer in a shoe, between INSOLE and OUTSOLE. |
| moc | a moccasin. |
| mocassin moccasin | a heelless shoe of deerskin or other soft leather. |
| moccies | moccasins. |
| moonboots | thickly padded boots with a fabric outer covering. |
| muckluck mucluc mukluk | a type of sealskin boot. |
| muil mule | a backless slipper. |
| mukluk | see MUCKLUCK. |
| outsole | the outside sole of a boot or shoe. |
| overboot | a protective boot worn over an ordinary boot or shoe. |
| overshoe | a shoe, esp. of waterproof material, worn over one's shoes to protect them. |
| oxford | a low-heeled laced shoe. |
| pabouche | see BABOOSH. |
| pac | a MOCCASIN or soft shoe to be worn inside a boot. |
| pampootie | a rawhide slipper worn by men in the Aran Islands. |
| pantable pantoffle pantofle pantoufle | a slipper, an overshoe. |
| panton | a slipper. |
| pantoufle | see PANTABLE. |
| patten | a wooden shoe; a clog; (verb) to go on pattens. |
| pedorthic | of footwear, designed to alleviate foot problems. |
| peeptoe | denoting a shoe or sandal in which the toe is not covered. |
| platform | a shoe with a thick heavy sole. |
| plimsoll plimsole plimsoll | a rubber-soled canvas shoe. |
| poulaine | a pointy toed shoe as worn by jesters. |
| rivlin | a shoe moulded from untanned hide. |
| rullion | a rawhide shoe. [OE rifeling]. |
| sabaton | a foot-covering as part of suit of armour. |
| sabot | a wooden shoe; a clog. |
| saboted | wearing sabots. |
| sabotier | a wearer of wooden shoes. |
| sandal | a type of footwear with an openwork upper, or consisting of a sole bound to the foot by straps; (verb) to put sandals on the feet > SANDALED/SANDALLED. |
| sandshoe | a shoe for the beach. |
| sannie | a SANDSHOE. |
| scarpetto | a climbing shoe with a hemp sole. Pl. SCARPETTI. |
| scuffer | a type of sandal > SCUFFERS. |
| seaboot | a sailor's boot. |
| seg | a stud in the sole of a shoe; a callus on the finger. [ON sigg, hard skin, a callus]. |
| shodden | pt. of SHOE. |
| shoe | a stiff outer covering for the foot, not coming above the ankle > SHOES or (archaic) SHOON. (Verb) to put shoes on > SHOED or SHOD, SHODDEN. |
| shoelace | a lace for a shoe. |
| shoeless | without shoes. |
| shoepac shoepack | a waterproof BOOT. |
| shoetree | a piece of wood put into a shoe to keep it in shape. |
| shoon | see SHOE. |
| shootie | a fashionable shoe that covers the ankle. |
| slingback | a shoe without a covering for the heel, supported by a strap round the heel. |
| slipper | a shoe easily slipped onto the foot, esp. a loose indoor shoe; (verb) to beat with a slipper. |
| slipshod | wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel. |
| slipsole | a thin insole. |
| sneaker | a PLIMSOLL. |
| sneakered | wearing SNEAKERS. |
| snowboot | a boot or overshoe for walking in snow. |
| snowshoe | a wooden or metal frame, broad at the front and tapering at the back, with a network of thongs, strapped to the foot for walking on snow; (verb) to travel by snowshoe. |
| soleless | without a sole. |
| soleret solleret | a metallic shoe with pointy toes worn by knights. |
| takky | a tennis shoe or plimsoll. |
| tackies | tennis shoes or plimsolls. |
| tegua | an ankle-high MOCCASIN worn by Mexican and Indians. |
| toecap | a (usu. steel) cap covering the toe of a shoe or boot. |
| toepiece | the toe end of a shoe. |
| toeplate | a metal tab attached to the end of a shoe. |
| toeshoe | a dance SLIPPER without a heel. |
| topsider | (US) a light canvas shoe. |
| trabs | training shoes. No TRAB*. |
| trainer | a soft running shoe, usu laced, with a thick sole, used in training or for general casual wear. |
| unsandalled | not wearing sandals. |
| unshod | without shoes. |
| upper | the part of a shoe or boot above the sole. |
| veldschoen veldskoen velskoen | a shoe made of rawhide. |
| vibs | shoes with Vibram soles. N.B. no VIB*. |
| wafflestomper | a hiking boot with a lug sole. |
| wedgie | a wedge-heeled shoe. |
| weejuns | moccasin-style shoes for casual wearf. |
| wellie welly | a wellington boot. |
| wellington | a type of waterproof boot. |
| workboot | a sturdy boot for workers. |
| zori | a Japanese sandal consisting of a flat sole with a thong between the toes. Pl. ZORIS. |