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Mukluks may be worn over an inner boot liner and under a protective overshoe. [4] [5] The term mukluk is often used for any soft boot designed for cold weather, and modern designs may use both traditional and modern materials. [6] The word mukluk is of Yup'ik origin, from maklak, the bearded seal, while kamik is an Inuit word.
The English words kuspuk (parka cover or overshirt) and mukluk (skin boot) which is derived from the Yupʼik word qaspeq and maklak. Before the arrival of the Russian fur traders ( promyshlennikis ), caribou and beaver skins were used for traditional clothing but Northern Indigenous peoples were compelled to sell most of their furs to the ...
The English word kuspuk adapted from the Yup'ik word qaspeq (a lightweight parka cover or overshirt worn by both Yup'ik and Iñupiaq women and men). Also, the word mukluk (Yu’pik/Inuit boot, a soft knee-high boot of seal or caribou skin) which is derived from the Yup'ik word maklak meaning bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus).
Galoshes are overshoes, and not to be confused with the form of large slip-on rubber boots (known in the United Kingdom as Wellington boots). A protective layer (made variously of leather , rubber, or synthetic ripstop material) that only wraps around a shoe's upper is known as a spat or gaiter .
Contemporary moccasins Osage (Native American). Pair of Moccasins, early 20th century. Brooklyn Museum. A moccasin is a shoe, made of deerskin or other soft leather, [1] consisting of a sole (made with leather that has not been "worked") and sides made of one piece of leather, [1] stitched together at the top, and sometimes with a vamp (additional panel of leather).
Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, Urban Dictionary was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural words and phrases, not typically found in standard English dictionaries, but it is now used to define any word, event, or phrase (including sexually explicit content).
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The term refers to the colour of a white person's flushed face, which purportedly resembles the type of pork of the same name. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is characterised in this context by the Oxford English Dictionary as occurring "in various parasynthetic adjectives referring to particularly reddish or florid complexions". [ 3 ]