MOCCASIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moccasin mean? 

• MOCCASIN (noun)
  The noun MOCCASIN has 1 sense:

1. soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans

  Familiarity information: MOCCASIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOCCASIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mocassin; moccasin

Hypernyms ("moccasin" is a kind of...):

shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)

 Context examples 

He tore other strips and bound them about his feet to serve for both moccasins and socks.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Also, the dog-driver rubbed Buck’s feet for half an hour each night after supper, and sacrificed the tops of his own moccasins to make four moccasins for Buck.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Henry grunted, and began unlacing his moccasins.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

She saw only a man sitting on the edge of the bunk and incuriously studying the toes of his moccasins.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He shook his fist angrily at the gleaming eyes, and began securely to prop his moccasins before the fire.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

They had eaten a pair of Perrault’s moose-hide moccasins, chunks out of the leather traces, and even two feet of lash from the end of François’s whip.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

"I'm going out to get some wood," he said. "Then I can take off my moccasins and be comfortable."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A whisper of the gold-rush had reached his ears, and he had come with several bales of furs, and another of gut-sewn mittens and moccasins.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

This was a great relief, and Buck caused even the weazened face of Perrault to twist itself into a grin one morning, when François forgot the moccasins and Buck lay on his back, his four feet waving appealingly in the air, and refused to budge without them.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

They do not understand moccasins, and their feet hurt very much.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)