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

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