DCHP-3

English shoe

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Hist. a factory-made shoe, local or imported, as opposed to moccasins. Cp. Canada boot.

Quotations

1778, 1934
For my own part I wore two pair of English Shoes intirely out in the tracking ground in walking a long the shore... .
1862
To some extent also, the moccasin is giving way to the "English shoe."
1930
Margaret chose a pair of "English shoes" as all footwear other than moccasins were designated. Her first pair of English shoes which she prized greatly were small gaters with elastic sides.