Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sandal
Sandal
sandal
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a light shoe with an openwork upper or no upper, attached to the foot usu. by straps. 2 a strap for fastening a low shoe, passing over the instep or around the ankle. --v.tr. (sandalled, sandalling; US sandaled, sandaling) 1 (esp. as sandalled adj.) put sandals on (a person, his feet). 2 fasten or provide (a shoe) with a sandal. Etymology: ME f. L sandalium f. Gk sandalion dimin. of sandalon wooden shoe, prob. of Asiatic orig. 2. n. = SANDALWOOD. Phrases and idioms sandal-tree any tree yielding sandalwood, esp. the white sandalwood, Santalum album, of India. Etymology: ME f. med.L sandalum, ult. f. Skr. candana
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~ium, from Greek ~ion, diminutive of ~on ~ Date: 14th century a shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot, a low-cut shoe that fastens by an ankle strap, a strap to hold on a slipper or low shoe, a rubber overshoe cut very low, ~ed also ~led adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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