deck shoe

noun

: a low shoe having a nonslip sole and a lace that is threaded through a channel around the back of the shoe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The very first style was a lace-up canvas deck shoe known as the Style 44. Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2021 Tie up your deck shoes and cue the Nicholas Britell. Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Aug. 2019 For the non-cleats-wearing rest of us, Joshua Klein, of Eastland Shoe Co. in Freeport, Maine, was showing off deck shoes plastered with baseball logos. Janelle Nanos, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of deck shoe was in 1944

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Cite this Entry

“Deck shoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deck%20shoe. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023.

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