moccasin

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M0360200 (mŏk′ə-sĭn)n.1. A soft leather slipper traditionally worn by certain Native American peoples.2. Footwear resembling such a slipper.3. A water moccasin.

[Of Virginia Algonquian origin; akin to Powhatan mäkäsĭn, shoe, and Ojibwa makisin.]

moccasin

(ˈmɒkəsɪn) n1. (Clothing & Fashion) a shoe of soft leather, esp deerskin, worn by North American Indians2. (Clothing & Fashion) any soft shoe resembling this3. (Clothing & Fashion) NZ a sheepshearer's footgear, usually made of sacking4. (Animals) short for water moccasin[C17: from Algonquian; compare Narraganset mocussin shoe]

moc•ca•sin

(ˈmɒk ə sɪn, -zən)

n. 1. a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of U-shaped leather on top of the foot, worn orig. by American Indians. 2. a hard-soled shoe or slipper resembling this. 3. cottonmouth. [1612 (John Smith); < Virginia Algonquian]

moccasin

An Algonquian word used to mean a soft leather shoe.

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Noun

moccasin - soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americansmocassinshoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material

Translations

软皮鞋鹿皮鞋

moccasin

(ˈmokəsin) noun a type of shoe, made of soft leather, worn by American Indians; an imitation of it. 鹿皮（软皮）鞋

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moccasin,

skin shoe worn by indigenous people of North America, excepting the sandal wearers of the Southwest area. There were two general types of moccasins, the hard-soled, which was used in the Eastern woodlands and the Southeast cultural areas, and the soft-soled, used in the Plains area. The hard-soled moccasin was made by sewing, with sinew thread, a rawhide sole to a leather upper piece; the soft-soled moccasin was one piece of soft leather with a seam at the instep and the heel. Boot or legging moccasins (sometimes reaching the hip) were worn from Alaska to Arizona and New Mexico, but they were generally part of the woman's costume. The moccasins of certain tribes were distinctive, and sometimes a moccasin track could indicate the tribe of the wearer. Moccasins were usually symbolically decorated with porcupine quills and, after the coming of the Europeans, with glass beads. Special moccasins were used for ceremonies such as the Iroquois adoption service, which required that a recruit put on Iroquois moccasins to indicate that he would follow Iroquois ways.

moccasin,

snake: see water moccasinwater moccasin
or cottonmouth,
highly venomous snake, Ancistrodon piscivorus, of the swamps and bayous of the S United States. Like the closely related copperhead, it is a pit viper and has a heat-sensitive organ for detecting warm-blooded prey.
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noun soft leather shoe

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