sandal

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:50:34

San"dal (?), n.

Same as Sendal.

Sails of silk and ropes of sandal. Longfellow.

 

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San"dal, n.

Sandalwood.

"Fans of sandal."

Tennyson.

 

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San"dal, n. [F. sandale, L. sandalium, Gr. , dim. of , probably from Per. sandal.] (a)

A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper.

(b)

A kind of slipper.

(c)

An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.

 

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