Moccasin (train)
A moccasin is a shoe, made of deerskin or other soft leather, consisting of a sole (made with leather that has not been "worked") and sides made of one piece of leather, stitched together at the top, and sometimes with a vamp (shoe), vamp (additional panel of leather). The Sole (shoe), sole is soft and flexible and the upper part often is adorned with embroidery or beading. Though sometimes worn inside, it is chiefly intended for outdoor use. Historically, it is the footwear of many indigenous people of North American Indians, North America; moreover, hunters, traders, and European settlers wore them. Etymologically, the ''moccasin'' derives from the Algonquian languages, Algonquian language Powhatan language, Powhatan word ''makasin'' (cognate to Massachusett language, Massachusett ''mohkisson'' / ''mokussin'', Anishinaabe language, Ojibwa ''makizin'', Mi'kmaq language, Mi'kmaq ''mksɨn''), and from the Proto-Algonquian word *''maxkeseni'' (shoe). History In the 1800s, mo ...
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