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espadrille
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es·pa·drille
/
ˈɛs
pəˌdrɪl
/
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es
-p
uh
-dril
]
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noun
1.
a flat shoe with a cloth upper, a rope sole, and sometimes lacing that ties around the ankle.
2.
a casual shoe resembling this, often with a wedge heel instead of a flat sole.
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Origin:
1860–65;
<
French
<
Provençal
espardilho,
diminutive of
espart
esparto
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espadrille
(ˌɛspəˈdrɪl)
—
n
a light shoe with a canvas upper, esp with a braided cord sole
[C19: from French, from Provençal
espardilho,
diminutive of
espart
esparto
; so called from the use of esparto for the soles of such shoes]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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espadrille
shoe with soles of hemp-rope (originally worn in the Pyrenees), 1865, from Fr., from Prov. espardillo, from L. spartum, from Gk. sparton "a rope made of spartos," an imported fiber known as "Spanish grass."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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