DCHP-1 Online
oxhide shoe Obs. 
a boot or shoe of ox or buffalo hide, used by voyageurs, canoemen, settlers, etc., usually of local manufacture.
See also: beef shoe
- 1944 Most of the shoes meant for the voyageurs and canoemen were of local manufacture. Some of them were called . . . oxhide shoes.
- 1944 Most of the shoes meant for the voyageurs and canoemen were of local manufacture. Some of them were called . . . oxhide shoes.