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A sabot (/ ˈ s æ b oʊ /, US also / s æ ˈ b oʊ, s ə-/) [1] is a clog from France or surrounding countries such as The Netherlands, Belgium or Italy. Sabots are either whole-foot clogs or a heavy leather shoe with a wooden sole. Sabots were considered a work shoe associated with the lower classes in the 16th to 19th centuries.
Clogs are a type of footwear that has a thick, rigid sole typically made of wood, although in American English, shoes with rigid soles made of other materials are also called clogs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Traditional clogs remain in use as protective footwear in agriculture and in some factories and mines .
Galosh ultimately took on its present meaning from the patten usage, describing an overshoe worn at sea or in inclement weather. In time made from rubber they gained the names rubbers , rubber boots , and gumshoes (from gum rubber , a term also applied to rubber-soled "street" shoes, crepe -soled shoes and boots, and sneakers ).
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(Neither the word "chopine" nor any word similar to it (chioppino, cioppino, etc.) appears in Florio's Italian/English dictionaries of either 1598 or 1611. The Renaissance Italian equivalent, instead, seems to be zoccolo [11] (English plural: clogs), which likely [original research?] comes from the Italian word zocco, meaning a stump or a block ...
The word patten probably derives from the Old French patte meaning hoof or paw. [1] It was also spelled patyn and in other ways. [2] Historically, pattens were sometimes used to protect hose without an intervening pair of footwear and thus the name was sometimes extended to similar shoes like clogs.
Donald Trump said he "didn't have to be" on the campaign trail touring hurricane-battered portions of North Carolina while speaking in one of the state's hardest-hit areas nearly one month after ...
Traditional Gibson style English clogs made in Lancashire. Similar style clogs are made throughout the Kingdom. Note the plastic soling to protect the wood from wear. A British clog is a wooden-soled clog from Great Britain. The uppers are typically leather, and many variations exist in style and fastening.