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mukluk

mukluk

2 9.3
A soft warm boot made from animal skin or cloth used in Arctic regions
  • noun
  • /ˈmʌklʌk/
  • US
: mukluk
  • The children bundled up in their heavy jackets and mukluks to play in the snowy landscape.
  • sealskin mukluks

Examples

  • "I hope everyone has a pair of mukluks for the Day After Tomorrow...

    Blog text (34)

  • I used to make kamleikas from sea lion intestines and mukluks from its skin.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I slipped my feet into my caribou skin mukluks and tied the cords.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Earl Kenai, overdressed for the weather in gloves, mukluks, and a full-length sealskin coat, stands (CONTINUED).

    Fiction book (1993)

  • To keep my feet warm in the cold weather, I wore my soft mukluks made from animal skin.

  • He gladly pulled on his fur-lined mukluks before stepping outside into the frigid Arctic air.

Synonyms

kamik
vsmukluk
  • US
1 9.9

A warm boot made from animal skin to keep feet dry in snow

is a softer Arctic boot form that can use fabric as well as skin

How Warm

mukluk
  • US
2 9.3
boot
695 1.0
shoe
∞ 1.0
sandal
83 1.0

Surface Forms

mukluk singular
mukluks plural

Etymology

Mukluk comes from an Arctic indigenous language such as Inuit or Yup'ik and originally meant a 'soft, warm boot' used in snowy places. So mukluk today still names a warm, soft boot made from animal skin or fabric to protect the feet from very cold weather.