veldskoen
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch veldschoen (Cape Dutch), from vel (“skin, hide”) + schoen (“shoe”); later reinforced by (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Afrikaans veldskoen.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Africa" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈfeltskʊn/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈvɛldskʊn/, /ˈfɛltskʊn/
Noun
veldskoen (plural veldskoens or veldskoene)
- (South Africa) Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour. [from 19th c.]
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 28:
- [A]ll my life I've been surrounded by violence. Not in the way any of my quite long line of pioneer forefathers experienced it, leaving their veldskoen tracks through history […]
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 28:
See also
References
1978: A Dictionary of South African English. Edited Jean Branford. Oxford.