mukluk

noun

muk·luk | \ ˈmək-ˌlək

Definition of mukluk

1 : a sealskin or reindeer-skin boot typically worn by indigenous peoples of usually arctic regions of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and eastern Siberia

2 : a boot often of duck with a soft leather sole and worn over several pairs of socks

Examples of mukluk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Midday on a downtown street she was adorned from headdress to mukluk with items hand-fashioned by herself and her family. — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2022 Instead of names being drawn from a mukluk at a packed banquet in Anchorage’s Dena’ina Center, this year’s starting order was determined by a digital number generator. — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2021

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