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Attire > Civil attire > Shoes
PREFERRED TERM
Shoes  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Old English "scóh", "scó" "sceó" the Middle English "sceoh" "shoo" "shooe" and inherited from the Common Germanic. It refers to an outer item to wear on the human foot which could be made from several materials. It consists of a sole and a upper part, commonly covering until the ankle.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Chaussure

French

Scarpe

Italian

calzatura
Zapatos

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/877
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