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veld-shoe, vel(d)skoen orig. S. African.|ˈvɛldʃuː|, |ˈfɛl(t)skʊn|
Forms: veld(t)(-)shoe; veldschoen, -schoon, -skoen (pl. -skoen(e), -skoens), vel(d)t-; velschoen (pl.), velskoen.
[a. or ad. Cape Du. veldschoen, earlier velschoen, f. Du. vel skin, fell n.1 + schoen shoe n.; the first element has been assimilated to veld veld.
The most common forms in S. Afr. English are veldskoen and velskoen (pl. -s or -e) but the anglicized form veld-shoe is occasionally used.]
Formerly, a light shoe made of untanned hide. Now, a heavy boot or shoe for outdoor work.
α1822W. J. Burchell Trav. I. 214 The Hottentots..soon took off the hide, which they cut in small pieces, for the purpose of making velschoen (hide-shoes). 1883Olive Schreiner Afr. Farm i. ii, On their feet they wore home-made ‘vel-schoen’.
β1834Pringle Afr. Sk. iv. 178 A sort of sandals..are in common use, called veld-schoenen (country shoes). 1850R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. (1902) 139/1 Here I divested myself of my leather trousers, shooting belt, and veltschoens. 1885Rider Haggard K. Solomon's Mines (1887) 201, I discarded my trousers,..retaining only my veldt⁓schoons. 1892Journal (Grahamstown) 11 July 3 (Advt.) Colonial-made ‘Star’ Standard screw veldschoens and boots. 1894Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 38 A Boer veldt⁓schoen upon the right foot. 1919Manch. Guardian 10 Dec. 4 (Advt.), I believe this is the latest development of the Lotus welted-veldtschoen. 1962L. Deighton Ipcress File xxxii. 207, I put on Irish tweed with Veldtshoen, cotton shirt, and wool tie. 1969J. Selby Boer War i. 34 They wore wide-brimmed felt hats and soft veldschoen on their feet. 1977Listener 3 Mar. 279/4 (Advt.), Veldtschoën... Virtually waterproof... Double leather soles..{pstlg}21.50.
γ1863W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 212 No heels to my veldt shoes, which were made of blesbuck skin. 1972Stand. Encycl. S. Afr. XI. 545/1 By the end of the 1960s..the veld-shoe industry..declined because antiquated machinery..proved too much of a handicap.
δ1939S. Cloete Watch for Dawn xxii. 312 He made a new belt, new velskoen. 1942‘B. Knight’ Sun climbs Slowly ii. 12 The life in Pretoria is very simple..to be called ‘Lotta’ and wear print frocks and veldskoen. 1945Cape Times 29 Oct. 1/3 He was wearing..grey flannel trousers, a white silk shirt and velskoene. 1974N. Gordimer Conservationist 215 Alina..finds a pair of veldskoen in the house and brings them. |