overshoe

American  

[oh-ver-shoo] / ˈoʊ vərˌʃu /

noun

1. a shoe or boot usually worn over another for protection in wet or cold weather, especially a waterproof outer shoe.

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overshoe British  

/ ˈəʊvəˌʃuː /

noun

1. a protective shoe worn over an ordinary shoe

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Etymology

Origin of overshoe

First recorded in 1570–80; over- + shoe

Example Sentences

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overshoe

Ingeniously, the experimenters ran an air tube through the overshoe beneath the oil-holding layer.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a savor somewhere between kerosene and old overshoe, it is definitely an acquired taste.

From Time Magazine Archive

His left overshoe was on the floor; he had been wearing only the right one when he fell.

From Time Magazine Archive

She put the whole works in the toe of a stocking, pushed the wad into a rubber overshoe, and stood it with its fellow in the back of her closet.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

That was a big, squashy man, the colour of a rubber overshoe, and he had an eye like a head waiter's.

From Cabbages and Kings by Henry, O.