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Indian shoe†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a flat-soled shoe of soft leather, originally worn by the Indians. See picture at moccasin (def. 1).
See: moccasin(def. 1)
Quotations
1696
Gave our men out Indian shoes.
1791
I also made makissins, or Indian Shoes, of deer skins. . . .
1862
We cannot but think that consumption and other maladies are very much festered by the use of this "Indian shoe," and we rejoice to see it gradually discontinued for boots and shoes proper.
2
one of several varieties of lady's slipper, as Cypripedium acaule or C. parviflorum.
See: moccasin flower
Quotations
1912
Indian shoe. The large yellow lady's-slipper (Cypripedium hirsutum).
1947
She talked of . . . the good that could be brewed from yellow dock, Indian shoe, gold thread and five fingers.