moccasin

noun
🔊/ˈmɒkəsɪn/
🔊/ˈmɑːkəsɪn/
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  1. a flat shoe that is made from soft leather and has large stitches around the front, of a type originally worn by Native Americans 莫卡辛软皮鞋(原为美洲土著所穿);软帮皮鞋
    see also water moccasinTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Virginia Algonquian mockasin. The word is also found in other American Indian languages.