kaparring

plural kaparrings

1. A wooden-soled sandal worn by Malays in South Africa.

   […] kaparrings or wooden sandals on their delicate brown feet.

   1972, Jan Juta, Background in Sunshine: Memories of South Africa (page 195)

   2 more examples

   […] kaparrings, still worn by a few Malays but rapidly going out of use.

   1904, Report of the South African Museum, page 8

   These kaparrings were thick soles of wood raised from the ground by a slat at each end, higher at the toes than at the heel.

   1947, Norah G. Henshilwood, All These Under a Summer Sun, page 62