DCHP-2

Canadian shoe DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• a kind of sturdy moccasin having uppers reaching well up the lower leg; shoe pack (def. 1).

  See also: beef-skin moccasin  botte sauvage  French shoe  Indian boot (def. 1)  shoepack (def. 1)  

  • 1806  (1905)  . . . Frazier . . . had previously made him a present of a pair of Canadian shoes or shoe-packs.
  • 1944  Most of the shoes meant for the voyageurs and canoemen were of local manufacture . . . some of them were called Canadian shoes.