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espadrille|ɛspəˈdrɪl|
Also -illo.
[Fr., ad. Prov. espardillo, f. espart esparto.]
A canvas shoe with soles of twisted rope, originally worn in the Pyrenees.
[1865M. Eyre Lady's Walks xxiv. 263 The Spaniards..wear..the espartilla, or hempen sandal.] 1892Daily News 16 June 5/4 ‘Espadrilles’, or shoes with woven rope soles, are likely to come into favour with running men. 1905W. J. Locke Morals M. Ordeyne i. xii. 146 The bathing hour, when she..divests her of peignoir and espadrilles. 1907Baring-Gould Bk. Pyrenees vii. 123 Mauléon..has become the centre of manufacture of the espadrillos. 1923Blackw. Mag. Aug. 162/1, I crept through the thickets in my rope-soled espadrilles. 1941A. Christie Evil under Sun iv. 61 Over it [sc. bathing dress] she flung on a bath-robe and laced espadrilles on her feet. 1945E. Bowen Coll. Impressions (1950) 230 Their sons and daughters wanted something more plage-y: shorts, espadrilles, the drink after the swim. |