Definition of footwear
: wearing apparel (such as shoes or boots) for the feet
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Examples of footwear in a Sentence
sneakers, loafers, and other casual footwear
Recent Examples of footwear from the Web
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Players will only need a stick and proper footwear.
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Those tariffs, which are meant to force changes in Beijing’s intellectual-property practices, could cover consumer goods ranging from electronics to apparel and footwear.
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Most of the brand’s apparel and footwear is made offshore by manufacturers in more than a dozen countries, including China, Jordan, Vietnam and Indonesia.
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Ahead, find a ton of protective footwear that protects your street cred, too.
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Hiroki Nakamura has been using the soles in his Visvim footwear for years.
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Brown said the other day, in San Francisco, gesturing toward a photograph of footwear that bulged and puckered like a tea cozy.
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From a lawyer who claims United Airlines gave her seat away to a Democratic congresswoman, to a singer allegedly barred from an airline lounge over her footwear, airline controversies are neither few nor far between.
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Now, several brands are trying to change that — arguably none bigger than Nike, however, who must act quickly or face losing customers who are increasingly being presented with more activewear and athletic footwear options than ever.
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First Known Use of footwear
1850
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Definition of footwear for English Language Learners
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: things (such as shoes and boots) that are worn on your feet
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