sandal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot

WordNet

San"dal noun
Definitions
  1. Same as Sendal.
    Sails of silk and ropes of sandal. Longfellow.
San"dal noun
Definitions
  1. Sandalwood. "Fans of sandal." Tennyson.
San"dal noun
Etymology
F. sandale, L. sandalium, Gr. , dim. of , probably from Per. sandal.
Definitions
  1. A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper.
  2. A kind of slipper.
  3. An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.

Webster 1913