Canadian shoe

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a kind of sturdy moccasin having uppers reaching well up the lower leg; shoe pack (def. 1).

Quotations

1806

. . . Frazier . . . had previously made him a present of a pair of Canadian shoes or shoe-packs.

1944

Most of the shoes meant for the voyageurs and canoemen were of local manufacture . . . some of them were called Canadian shoes.