dog shoe

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a simple leather or canvas bag tied on the feet of sled dogs to protect their paws.

Quotations

1880

We let them huddle on our blankets and robes before the fire, and we put on their dog-shoes to save their feet from freezing.

1952

. . . I did not think that one day part of my nursing duties would be making dog shoes!