Main Entry: moc·ca·sin

Pronunciation: \ˈmä-kə-sən\

Function: noun

Etymology: Virginia Algonquian mockasin

Date: circa 1612

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