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Complete Definition of "veldskoen"

English

Etymology
Afrikaans: vel hide + skoen: shoe. First known usage 1731 (Dutch) veldschoen.

Noun
veldskoen plural veldskoens or veldskoene

  1. (South African) A shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin. Thought to have been made by the Hottentots before the arrival of Europeans, but still made and worn in South Africa.

See also
vellie

References
1978: A Dictionary of South African English. Edited Jean Branford. Oxford.

Category:South African English

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