shoe|pack

shoe|pack
shoe|pack or shoe|pac «SHOO PAK», noun. U.S.
1. a waterproof boot with laces, for wear in cold weather: »

[He] got back the day before wearing regular boots, not the shoepacks that we had for the cold (Ward Just).

2. a kind of high moccasin that covered the ankles and was made without a separate sole, worn by North American Indians and early pioneers.
[American English, alteration (by folk etymology) of Algonkian (Delaware) shipak]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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