moccasin
noun /ˈmɒkəsɪn/
  /ˈmɑːkəsɪn/
 - a flat shoe that is made from soft leather and has large stitches around the front, of a type originally worn by Native Americans see also water moccasinTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
enlarge imageWord Originearly 17th cent.: from Virginia Algonquian mockasin. The word is also found in other American Indian languages. 
