saddle oxford
1
7.6
- noun
- /ˈsædəl ˈɒksfərd/
:
zapato oxford de dos tonos
- He wore a pair of stylish saddle oxfords that matched his business suit perfectly.
- a white saddle oxford
Examples
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But what bizarre shoes for an old man, she mused, rather like saddle oxfords.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Polishing up the whites of your saddle oxfords like you were going to be curtseying for the Pope!
Fiction book (2000) -
Aren't they the absolute echo of the saddle oxfords we wore at Miss Pritchard's?
Fiction book (1994) -
Miss Rose, in a chenille robe and unlaced saddle oxfords, stood up from her chair and looked him dead in the eye.
Fiction book (2000) -
She clicked the diary's strap into its lock and held the book in both her hands, a moment of utter privacy, before reaching under the bed to pull out a scuffed navy-and-white saddle oxford, a school shoe.
Fiction book (1998) -
The children loved their saddle oxfords because they were comfortable for playing outside.
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She chose her classic saddle oxfords for the wedding, knowing they would be both fashionable and comfortable.
Synonyms
2
5.5
A low shoe with a dark band across the middle
Surface Forms
Morphology
saddle + oxford
This is a straightforward noun–noun compound: an 'oxford' (a type of shoe) modified by 'saddle' (the contrasting band across the instep). A B1 learner who knows both constituent meanings can directly infer it denotes an Oxford shoe with a saddle piece, because the composition follows a common, transparent modifier+head pattern in English.
Etymology
The saddle oxford is named for the look of the shoe: it is an Oxford low-heeled shoe with a contrasting band called a saddle across the middle, like a small saddle on a horse. That's why the name means 'an Oxford shoe with a saddle-like band'.