moccasin

moc·ca·sin

noun \ˈmä-kə-sən\

Definition of MOCCASIN

1

a : a soft leather heelless shoe or boot with the sole brought up the sides of the foot and over the toes where it is joined with a puckered seam to a U-shaped piece lying on top of the foot b : a regular shoe having a seam on the forepart of the vamp imitating the seam of a moccasin

2

a : water moccasin b : a snake (as of the genus Natrix) resembling a water moccasin

Origin of MOCCASIN

Virginia Algonquian mockasin

First Known Use: circa 1612