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▪ I. sandal, n.1|ˈsænd(ə)l| Also 4 sandalie, 5 sendell, 6 sandale, -dell, 7 sandall, 7– sandal. [ad. L. sandalium (pl. sandalia, whence as fem. sing. Sp., Pg. sandalia, F. sandale), ad. Gr. σανδάλιον, dim. of σάνδαλον (whence It. sandalo) = æolic σάµβαγον; the remoter etymology is unknown.] 1. a. A kind of shoe with an open-work top, originally and still frequently consisting of a sole fastened by straps or thongs passed over the instep and round the ankle. ‘The common foot-gear of the ancient Greeks and Romans, and still in use among some Oriental peoples. Of late years sandals have been used somewhat extensively in England instead of shoes for children, and sometimes for adults.’ (N.E.D.)
1382Wyclif Mark vi. 9 And he clepide twelue,..and comaundide hem, that thei schulde not take ony thing in the weye.., but schoon with sandalies [1388 schod with sandalies; c 1520Nisbet schod with sandalis]. 1493Dives & Paup. (Pynson) b v, Do on thy galoches or sandalynes [? read sandalyes; ed. 1534 has sandalines]. 1526Tindale Acts xii. 8 And the angell sayd vnto him: gyrde thy silfe and bynde on thy sandalles. 1567Gude & Godlie Ball. (S.T.S.) 195 Preistis..preiche the Euangell on zour feit, And set on Sandellis full meit, Bot cast zour pantonis of. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. vi. 35 His sandales were with toilsome travell torne. 1637Milton Lycidas 187 While the still morn went out with Sandals gray. 1666–7Pepys Diary 23 Jan., The Priest was in his cell, with his hair clothes to his skin, bare-legged, with a sandall only on. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 30 The Moors and Persians shod with Sandals. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 267 Shoes..tied on like sandals. 1813Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1838) XI. 34 The Basques and Navarrois..wear sandals. 1871R. Ellis Catullus lxviii. 72 Lightly the polish'd floor creak'd to the sandal again. b. Her. used as a bearing.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 13/2 He beareth Or, two Sandals, Sable. 1828–40Berry Encycl. Her. I. 2. a. A kind of half-shoe of red leather, silk, etc., richly embroidered and fastened with straps and bands, forming part of the regalia of a sovereign or of the official dress of a bishop or abbot.
c1485in Rutland Papers (Camden) 17 His hosen, sendellis, and spurres. Ibid. 19 With regall sandelles and spurres. 1579Fulke Refut. Rastel 754 As for shauen crownes, and purple sandales,..they were neuer taken for..mysteries. 1687F. Sandford Coronat. Jas. II 38 The [King's] Sandals were made with a dark-colour'd Leather Sole, and a Wooden Heel covered with Red Leather, the Straps or Bands..were of Cloth of Tissue. 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers II. vi. 238 The richest silks, elaborately embroidered, were used in England for making episcopal sandals. b. Applied to various kinds of low shoes, slippers, etc.
1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xxvi, Barnardine was wrapt in a long dark cloak, which scarcely allowed the kind of half-boots, or sandals, that were laced upon his legs, to appear. 1900T. W. Greig Ladies' Dress Shoes Finis, Dancing sandals worn in the ballet by Madame Cerri, made of pink satin. c. U.S. ‘An india-rubber overshoe, having very low sides and consisting chiefly of a sole with a strap across the instep’ (Cent. Dict. 1891). 3. A strap for fastening a low shoe or slipper, passed over the instep or round the ankle.
1829R. Ackerman's Repos. Fashions 4 Cherry-colour shoes and sandals. 1833H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls v. 86 Alice, love, come and tie my sandal. 1836–9Dickens Sk. Boz, Scenes xx, Her white satin shoes..being firmly attached to her legs with strong tape sandals. Ibid., Char. ix, A young lady, with her shoes tied in sandals all over her ankles. 4. attrib., sandal-footed adj.; sandal-mark, sandal-shoe; sandal-foot, used attrib. and absol. to designate a kind of stocking with a non-reinforced heel, suitable for wearing with sandals.
1959Vogue June 71 Coming in..are the *sandal-foot stockings... Aristoc have fully-fashioned sandal-foots. 1970Focus June 10/2 Sandalfoot is used to indicate a vision or non-reinforced heel. 1978Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. 2b (Advt.), Sheer, sandalfoot pantyhose with bone or self-colour panty knit right in.
1927D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 83 A white, *sandal-footed man following with the silent Indian haste.
1949R. Campbell tr. St. John of the Cross in Coll. Poems I. 167 Tracking your *sandal-mark The maidens search the roadway for your sign.
1603Shakes. Ham. iv. v. 26 By his Cockle hat and staffe, and his *Sandal shoone. 1882W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! II. 127 Sandal-shoes upon their feet. ▪ II. sandal, n.2|ˈsænd(ə)l| Forms: 5 sandell, 6 sandall, sandol(e, 5– sandal; β. 6 (in Lat. form) sandalum, (in It. forms) sandolo, sandalo. [a. med.L. sandalum = Sp. sándalo, Pg., It. sandalo, F. † sandal, also OF. sandle (whence G. sandel), sandre (whence the older Eng. sanders); a med.L. variant santalum survives in mod.L. as generic name (hence mod.F. santal). The ultimate source appears to be Skr. čandana (Hindī čandan); cf. Arab. çandal, late Gr. σάνδανον, σάνταλον.] = sandalwood, in its various applications. † Also, an ointment made of powdered sandalwood.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 81 With sandell confyt ennoynt his body. c1450Lydg. & Burgh Secrees 2016 Anoynted..With the Onyment callyd Sandal. 1526Grete Herball ccccxvii. (1529) Y v, Sandales is a wood called Sandres. 1588T. Hickock tr. Frederick's Voy. 5 These barkes be lade in with all sorts of spices, with..Sandole [etc.]. 159.Fitch in Hakluyt's Voy. (1599) II. i. 265 The white sandol is wood very sweet &..the Indians..grinde it with a litle water and anoynt their bodies therewith. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 93 Senting themselves with Essence of Sandal. 1715J. Stevens Hist. Persia 110 The King..loaded his Ship with Sandal and dismiss'd him. 1813W. Milburn Oriental Comm. (1825) 158 The merchants sometimes divide sandal into red, yellow, and white; but these are all different shades of the same colour. 1847Tennyson Princess Prol. 19 Fans Of sandal. 1864Intell. Observer IV. 74 Sandal..being a most excellent wood for carving. β1553Eden Treat. Newe Ind. (Arb.) 21 Sandalum, called saunders. 1588T. Hickock tr. Frederick's Voy. 19 b, Euery yeare hee sendeth a small Ship to Timor to lande white Sandolo. 1588Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China Comm. xxiv. 400 When the king..doth die, they do..burne his bodie with wood of Sandalo. 1594Blundevil Exerc. v. xii. (1636) 557 From the Ile Timor doth come..the white and pale medicinable simple called Sandalum. b. attrib., as sandal-dust, sandal oil; sandal-tree, (a) the white sandalwood tree; (b) a tree of the meliaceous genus Sandoricum; sandalwort, Lindley's name for a plant belonging to the order Santalaceæ.
1873W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 343 We bought *sandal-dust in the drug bazaar.
1823Byron Island iv. viii, And *sandal oil to fence against the dew.
1864Intell. Observer IV. 75 The..almug trees..are supposed to have been *sandal-trees. 1866Treas. Bot. 1014/2 Sandal-tree. Sandoricum.
1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 787 Santalaceæ.—*Sandalworts. ▪ III. sandal, n.3|ˈsænd(ə)l| [a. Turkish and Persian sandal, Arab. çandal (Dozy). Cf. late Gr. σάνδαλον, σανδάλιον, F. sandale.] A long, narrow two-masted boat used in the Levant and on the northern coast of Africa.
1742Woodroofe in Hanway Trav. (1753) I. i. xxiii. 149 There are some larger vessels..of 30 or 40 tuns, which are called sandalls. 1877A. B. Edwards Up Nile xi. 295 He..bounded into his own ricketty sandal, and rowed away. ▪ IV. sandal, v.|ˈsænd(ə)l| [f. sandal n.1] 1. trans. To furnish with or as with sandals.
1713C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 301 These feet shall bear me sandal'd to the battle. 1821Shelley Epipsych. 218 Then, from the caverns of my dreamy youth I sprang, as one sandalled with plumes of fire. a1822― Ess. & Lett. (1840) I. 157 Socrates..walked barefoot upon the ice; more easily..than those who had sandalled themselves so delicately. 1884J. Colborne Hicks Pasha 47 The bare foot being sandalled. 2. To fasten with sandals (sandal n.1 3).
1897Gunter Susan Turnbull xxi, Little white dancing slippers are sandaled on her delicate ankles with satin bows. Hence ˈsandalled ppl. a.
1802H. K. White Elegy Mr. Gill vi, As early I..Hail the grey-sandal'd morn. 1803Heber Palestine 311 There barbarous kings their sandal'd nations led. 1833Tennyson Poems 75 She from the ripple cold Updrew her sandalled foot. 1885J. B. Leno Boot & Shoemaking i. 11 Sandalled slippers..remained in fashion till the early portion of the reign of Victoria. ▪ V. sandal see samel, sendal. |