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lug-soled

American  
[luhg-sohld] / ˈlʌgˌsoʊld /
Or lug-sole

adjective

  1. (of a shoe, boot, etc.) having lugs on the sole, as to provide secure footing on rugged terrain.


Etymology

Origin of lug-soled

lug 2 + sole 2 + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Ms. Lippert said that she had been wearing lug-soled boots, but even they “started feeling too restrictive,” so she switched to “step-in suede booties with faux-shearling linings.”

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022

A forest ranger’s testimony about trail damage caused by mountain bikes or lug-soled hiking boots reflects the training and experience of an expert.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

The ethereal silk dresses printed with Schiff’s photographs of candles and grasses were paired with lug-soled boots.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2019

A similar nostalgia has overtaken downtown streets, where the thrift-shop plaids and slip dresses, distressed leather, Army fatigues and chunky lug-soled shoes that invoke the early ’90s now form the bedrock of alternative style.

From New York Times • May 1, 2013

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