mocassin

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A form of moccasin — A traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a piece of deerskin or other soft leather turned up at the edges which are either stitched together at the top of the shoe, or sewn to a vamp (a piece covering the top of the foot).

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Meanings

nounmocassin (plural mocassins)

plural mocassins

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of moccasin.

    The carving of the toes, the articulation of which is slightly arched in some cases, shows great delicacy[…]. The feet of the leaping youths of the 'Ivory Deposit' omit this feature, since, as was usual in the sports of the bull-ring, they were shod in mocassin-like gear.

    1930, Arthur Evans, “§87. Chryselephantine Figurines of ‘Boston Goddess’ and Boy-god Connected with Ivory Deposit: The Mother Goddess and Child.”, in The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos, volumes III (The Great Transitional Age in the Northern and Eastern Sections of the Palace: The Most Brilliant Records of Minoan Art and the Evidences of an Advanced Religion), London: Macmillan and Co., Limited […], →OCLC, page 452

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsoft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans

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moccasin
Broader
shoe
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moccasin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

mocassin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mocassin

MLA

“mocassin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mocassin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mocassin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mocassin.

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