espadrille
[ es-puh-dril ]
/ ˈɛs pəˌdrɪl /
noun
a flat shoe with a cloth upper, a rope sole, and sometimes lacing that ties around the ankle.
a casual shoe resembling this, often with a wedge heel instead of a flat sole.
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Origin of espadrille
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British Dictionary definitions for espadrille
espadrille
/ (ˌɛspəˈdrɪl) /
noun
a light shoe with a canvas upper, esp with a braided cord sole
Word Origin for espadrille
C19: from French, from Provençal espardilho, diminutive of espart esparto; so called from the use of esparto for the soles of such shoes
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Word Origin and History for espadrille
espadrille
shoe with soles of hemp-rope (originally worn in the Pyrenees), 1892, from French espadrille (17c.), from Provençal espardillo, from Latin spartum, from Greek sparton "a rope made of spartos," an imported fiber known as "Spanish broom."
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