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Espadrille

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A shoe usually having a fabric upper part and a sole made of a flexible material, such as rope or rubber.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. a light shoe having an upper made of fabric and a sole of rope

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part

Word Usage

"The espadrille is a time-honored comfort solution, having been made in Spain since the fourteenth century; this simple-cum-elegant design was also “green” well before Earth was put in peril by man."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sandal