Meaning & use

wooden shoe

noun·Everyday

A shoe carved from a single block of wood, traditionally worn as everyday footwear in parts of Europe.

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The museum displayed a pair of wooden shoes once worn by Dutch farmers in the fields.

Tourists bought tiny painted wooden shoes as souvenirs from the shop near the windmill.

A note on using this word

In the Netherlands this footwear is usually called a 'klomp'; 'wooden shoe' is the common English name for the same object.

Words with a similar meaning

clog

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