Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sandal \San"dal\, n.
Same as Sendal.
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Sails of silk and ropes of sandal. --Longfellow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sandal \San"dal\, n.
Sandalwood. "Fans of sandal." --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sandal \San"dal\, n. [F. sandale, L. sandalium, Gr. ?, dim. of
?, probably from Per. sandal.]
(a) 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.
(b) A kind of slipper.
(c) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sandal
n 1: a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot