shoes adapted for wearing on the sands or at the seaside, spec. canvas shoes with gutta-percha or hemp soles.

(usually in plural) (a) each of a pair of large buoyant boards worn on the feet, allowing the wearer to move across the surface of the water while…

a shoe designed to be worn on the deck of a boat or ship (usually in plural); spec. (a) British a flat canvas shoe with a rubber sole, similar to…

A rubber-soled canvas leisure or sports shoe.

a light canvas soft-soled shoe suitable for tennis or general casual wear.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) = sneak, n. 4.

A light, usually heelless or low-heeled shoe, originally often of delicate material and colour, having no fastening but kept on the foot by its close…

A rubber-soled canvas shoe; a plimsoll or sand-shoe. Also, a track shoe with a rubber sole. Usually plural.

Proprietary name of a soft-soled canvas shoe.

= puss boot n.

a light canvas shoe with a rubber sole; a plimsoll.

Originally Australian. A lightweight, soft-soled shoe, worn for sport or as casual wear; a trainer or tennis shoe.