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However, the footprint left on the moon was made by a lunar overshoe that helped redistribute the astronauts' weight and protect them from radiation.
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Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2022
Early in their development process, Mermoud, Diard, and Aubonnet considered making a downhill-only, slip-on overshoe of sorts, one that could be carried in a pack on uphill sections and attached for long, rugged downhills.
—Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 27 July 2022
Zippers was chosen in a contest in 1925 and was the brand name of a pair of rubber overshoes made by the B.F. Goodrich Co.
—Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 1 May 2018
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Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2022
Early in their development process, Mermoud, Diard, and Aubonnet considered making a downhill-only, slip-on overshoe of sorts, one that could be carried in a pack on uphill sections and attached for long, rugged downhills.
—Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 27 July 2022
Zippers was chosen in a contest in 1925 and was the brand name of a pair of rubber overshoes made by the B.F. Goodrich Co.
—Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 1 May 2018
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“Overshoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overshoe. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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overshoe
noun
over·shoe
ˈō-vər-ˌshü 
: a shoe (as of rubber) worn over another for protection
especially
: galosh
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