espadrille
noun /ˈespədrɪl/
/ˈespədrɪl/
- enlarge imagea light shoe made of strong cloth with a sole made of ropeTopics Clothes and Fashionc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from Provençal espardi(l)hos, from espart ‘esparto’, from Latin spartum, from Greek sparton ‘rope’.