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Light canvas shoe
Answer for the clue "Light canvas shoe ", 10 letters:
espadrille
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
shoe with soles of hemp-rope (originally worn in the Pyrenees), 1892, from French espadrille (17c.), from Provençal espardillo , from Latin spartum "Spanish broom, Spanish grass," a plant of Iberia and North Africa that produced a fiber used to make mats, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Espadrilles , alpargatas or espardenyes are normally casual, flat, but sometimes high-heeled shoes originated in the Pyrenees . They usually have a canvas or cotton fabric upper and a flexible sole made of jute rope . The jute rope sole is the defining ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But amid all the opulence Mrs Marcos held up a pair of innocuous blue espadrilles as her favourite pair. ▪ Continue the canvas look with classic espadrilles which are equally at home on the beach or the street. ▪ He was wearing ...
Usage examples of espadrille.
She tried to close the door again, but Anne shoved her espadrille in it.
Like those of a true Floridian, her tanned legs were bare, and her espadrilles of colored straw matched her dress.
I followed the patter of her espadrilles down a dark hallway to the kitchen.
She rooted in the bottom of her closet, found a pair of red canvas espadrilles, and slid into them.
And thinking of them, she again regretted their loss, along with a good silk blouse and a fairly new pair of espadrilles Mattie had said were ruined with mud.
Sam and Lauren, in one of the wicker chairs, kicked off her espadrilles and curled her tanned, bare legs under her like a child.
A wave of his hand was answered by a blurred motion from the boat, and he waded toward the deserted shore, his canvas pants heavy with water, his rope-soled espadrilles digging into the sand.
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Gwyn Barry, wearing white tennis shorts and black espadrilles, was being interviewed out by the pool.