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crowboot

[ kroh-boot ]

noun

, Canadian Dialect.
  1. a moccasinlike boot made of soft leather.


crowboot

/ ˈkrəʊˌbuːt /

noun

  1. a type of Inuit boot made of fur and leather
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crowboot1

First recorded in 1960–65; apparently crow 1 + boot 1, probably because the Crow people wore such footwear

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