saddle shoe
2
5.5
- noun
- /ˈsædəl ʃu/
:
zapato de montar
- It was black and white, a saddle shoe with chrome piping, a masterpiece.
- sweater and saddle shoes
- skirt and saddle shoes
- white saddle shoes
Examples
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He called her in a way that told me he did so all week, all during the week when I went to my classes clutching my three-ring binder and books and wearing my plaid uniform and saddle shoes with socks.
Fiction book (2001) -
Yeah, it reminds me of an old pair of saddle shoes I once had.
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Keep my daughter in saddle shoes.
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The girls wear the same kind of saddle shoes, though they are years apart.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'm wearing saddle shoes that I've polished myself.
Fiction book (2002) -
One set of dirty electric curlers in the bathroom, one size and style of training bra in the wash, and one pair of saddle shoes at the front door.
Fiction book (2001) -
She spun around on the heel of her saddle shoes, her new red sundress from Penney's flaring out.
Fiction book (2000) -
The Bishops School for Girls in La Jolla, California: thin, polyester plaid uniforms, white blouses, saddle shoes, study halls, mandatory chapel services.
Fiction book (2001) -
Although the exact date of the setting is ambiguous, saddle shoes, white gloves on Sunday, and strap-on roller skates place the story in the early days of desegregation, probably in the early 1960s.
Academic text (2002) -
She wore her favorite black-and-white saddle shoes to the dance.
Synonyms
4
5.1
A low leather shoe with laces people wear with formal clothes
1
7.6
A low-heeled leather shoe with a different-colour band across the top
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is compositionally formed from 'saddle' (the decorative/supportive piece across the instep) + 'shoe', so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a shoe featuring that saddle piece. This follows normal English noun–noun compounding patterns and is directly interpretable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Saddle shoe gets its name from the dark band across the middle of the shoe that looks like a small saddle on a horse. So the shoe with that different-colour middle band was called a saddle shoe.