undershoe

A covering for the foot, sturdier than a sock, worn under the outer shoes.

Noun

  1. A covering for the foot, sturdier than a sock, worn under the outer shoes.
    • The rubber overshoe is made to protect only the ball of the foot or is provided with an opening through which the heel of the undershoe projects. - 1900, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 2576:
    • Then he inserted the blade of his knife under the top of Peary's sealskin boots. He ripped the boots from both feet and gently removed the rabbitskin undershoes. - 1973, Dennis Rawlins, Peary at the North Pole: Fact Or...

Origin

From under- + shoe.

Forms

undershoes