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Edmonton SHOES -
Malls in Edmonton & Shoe Stores. Types of Shoes, Fabrics and other Edmonton Footwear Resources.
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Edmonton General Types of Shoes
 Albert A men's slipper style with a tongue like extension of the upper over the instep. Alpargata A type of sandal made from woven cord. It has a shaped sole and attached straps. It is worn in France, Spain and Italy. Ankle shoe (Ankle Boot) An item of shoe, and a subset of "boot", where the top is approximately on the ankle joint, or extends just above the ankle. Basan (Other middle-age spellings include: Basen, Baseyn, Basan(n)e, Basyn, Bazan, Bazen(n)e) The word’s earliest appearance seems to be about 1300, although at least one source has suggested that it was also used for a style of Anglo-Norman riding boot worn by the clergy. Edmonton Shoes Home Batts A type of shoe, generally popular with women in the 17th and 18th century. It resembled the heavier men's "Blackjack" shoe with latchets tied or buckled over the tongue. Blackjack A type of Oxford shoe, made from Jack Leather, with latchets tied or buckled over the tongue. (May not be a correct name) Boot, Bote (Other middle-age spellings include: Bat, Bate, But, Bute, Buyt, Latin: Bota/Botarum, Ocrea) A family of types of shoe extending above the ankle, and may end just above the ankle, calf length, knee high, or thigh high. Cokers and hueses are probably types of botes. A bote may lack any closure, or may be laced, buckled or buttoned. Based on documentary evidence and illustrations, botes were worn by laborers, hunters or riders. This may also refer to a type of legging, or leather hose. Bote (Other middle-age spellings include: Bat, Bate, But, Bute, Buyt, Boot Latin: Bota/Botarum, Ocrea) A family of types of shoe extending above the ankle, and may end just above the ankle, calf length, knee high, or thigh high. Cokers and hueses are probably types of botes. A bote may lack any closure, or may be laced, buckled or buttoned. Based on documentary evidence and illustrations, botes were worn by laborers, hunters or riders. This may also refer to a type of legging, or leather hose. Boteu (Other middle-age spellings include: Bateau, Botewes, Butewe, Buttwe. Butewes, Buttows, Buttois, Low boots Latin: Coturnus, Botula, Crepita) A kind of low boots, reaching above the ankle and perhaps as high as the calf. Botew A kind of boot that reached up the leg, often to over the knee. In Latin Ocreola. [Promptorium Parvalorum] Broad Toed Shoes (Other terms include: Bearpaw, Bear's Claw, Cowmouth, Escarpin, Hornbill, Horned, Kuhmaul, Scarpina, Solleret) Towards the end of the 15th century, as interest for pointed toed shoes waned among the stylish, the fashion drifted towards more blunt, squared-off toes. However, as with the crakowes, the broad toed shoes eventually became grossly exaggerated. These styles were limited at times to a mere 6 inches wide. They were often worn by the German mercenary soldiers. Unfortunately, I am unaware of a really good term from the era in English to describe these, and most of the terms that have been used also mean other things as well. Also many of these do represent variations in styles. Brodequin A 15th century boot, reaching the calves or knees. These are referred to by many names that are also used for other sorts of shoe. Most often they are erroneously referred top as buskins. Brogue (Brogan, Rullian) A low, sturdy shoe for country wear, of Scottish/Irish extraction. Originally a hobnailed "Carbatine". Budapest A well-known full-brogue Derby style of shoe with a high toe cap. [Vass] Buskin Buskin is a 16th century word for a type of soft leather boot reaching the calf or knee, or perhaps a shorter laced boot, possibly deriving from the 15th century brodeguin. Starting in the 16th century, historians started referring other shoe, such as the ancient Greek cothurnus/corthurnus/korthornos, as "buskins" because they vaguely look like Buskins, leading to much confusion about what a buskin really is. It has also been, used to refer to low stockings and hose of leather, linen, silk, or embroidered and brocaded fabrics. See also Socc. Calc (Latin: Calciamenta) An Anglo Saxon term for a form of sandal [Owen-Crocker]. Caligae In the Middle Ages this referred to a type of clerical shoe. Historically the name derived from the Roman Caligae, the boots worn by 1st century Roman soldiers. Calopedes A Latin term for wooden soled shoes. See Pattens. Also, this may refer to a sort of Anglo Saxon era clerical shoe, possibly because they had wooden soles. Carbatine One-piece shoes with soles and uppers cut from a single piece of leather. The edges were cut into loops through which a lacing pulled the uppers together. A center seam shoe made from a single piece of leather with a single sole and an openwork upper fastened by a lace. This general type of shoe was among the earliest of shoes among the Greeks, Romans and early Celtic peoples. It continued to be worn well into the Middle Ages into 1000 CE, and in certain areas was worn into the 20th century. Examples include the earlier "brogue", and the rivelins, pampooties, and opankes. Chaucer (Other middle-age spellings include: Chauceor, Chaude-pis, Chaude-pisse, Chau-pis, Chau-pisse, Chauser, Chausses, Chausure) Leggings or hose of leather or maille. They are possibly related to hueses. Edmonton Shoes Home Chopines (Other middle-age spelling includes: Shopines) High, cork soled shoes in the 16th century. These developed into the pantofle. The really exaggerated styles were not seen in England. Clog (Clogge) A countryman's shoe. Wooden soled shoe, or more specifically a wooden sole with a leather upper nailed to it. A wooden or wooden-soled shoe, boot or overshoe. 17th-18th century clog overshoes had only a wedge of wood. [Thornton/Swann, 1983] In the Middle Ages, this referred to a type of overshoe with a wooden sole held on by straps. See also Pattens. In the 18th century and later, this referred to a woman's overshoe made from leather or cloth with a covered-cork block built up to support the waist of the shoe worn inside [Saguto] a wooden shoe. Coker (Other middle-age spellings include: Cokyr, Cocur, Cuker, Quequer, Latin: Cocurus, Coturnus, Ocrea) This term refers to a short laced boot, or a laced legging worn by farmers, hunters, fishermen to protect the legs. [Promptorium Parvalorum] In later terms this seems to be what developes into the High/Low. Other authors want to refer to revelins as cokers. Corked shoes Shoes made with any sort of cork sole. Cowmouth (See Solleret). Crakowe (Crakow, Cracowes, Krakau, Krakow, Poulaine) A 14th century shoe with a long pointed toe, peak or pike. Crinc An Anglo Saxon term for a form of sandal [Owen-Crocker]. Derby An open-laced style of shoe widespread in Europe, often double stitched and double soled. Also known as "Bluchers." the most common variants are plain, full-brogues, and semi-brogues. [Vass] Eared Shoe In the 16th century following a long period of pointed shoes, toes became very square and wide; for a short time, c.1535-55, the corners of the toe were extended sideways resembling ears. Espadrille (Scarpetti) A shoe made with a sole of braided cord or rope, with canvas uppers. It is worn in Italy, France and Spain. The Scarpetti is a shoe worn for rock climbing. Estivaux (Aestivales) Apparently a type of boots made from expensive fabric in the Anglo Norman period. Full-brogue A type of shoe decorated with perforated patterns, with winged toe caps and rows of perforations. [Vass] Galoshes (Galliochios, "Gaulish Shoes", Galegge, Galoch). See Overshoe. Golfing shoes Sports shoes that are often handmade. The top sole is fitted with nine to eleven spikes for increased stability on grass covered ground. [Vass] Half-brogue See semi-brogue. High Shoe A shoe that extends to the ankle, or slightly higher. There is no way to be more specific between the high shoe and low boot, as the middle-age meaning are not clear. Hueses (Hauses, Husseaus) A kind of legging or hose. Also possibly boots that reach the thigh. They can have pikes, and so may be footed hose with leather soles. They are possibly related to chaucers. Leggings (Chauses, Gaiters, Gamashes, Hueses(?), Splatterdashes, Spats) Leg coverings of leather or cloth stretching up from the feet (to the waist), with a strap passing under the shoe. There are pictures of middle-age peasants wearing what look very much like WWI & II canvas army leggings. Loafer See slip-on. Moccasin (Hudsko or Hide shoe) See Rivelin. Monk A puritanical-looking shoe, as its name suggests. Its most striking feature is the fact that its quarters are fastened together with a buckle, or even two, and it is often richly decorated. It owes its elegance to its long vamp. [Vass] Mukluk An Inuit term denoting a soft leather, heeless shoe with a fabric legging attached. The lower portion is often made from Sealskin or Walrus hide, while the leggings are made of canvas. Mule Moyle. Slippers made with no heel or heel counters. Muleus A type of shoe. Possibly the same as the backless shoe later called a mule. Norwegian shoe A variant of the basic Derby, a controversial, flamboyant, and youthful style characterized by an unusual division of the vamp and hand stitching on the upper. Its rustic character is often accentuated with heavily grained leather. [Vass] Ocrea Boots or Hose Edmonton Shoes Home Ocreae Rostratae May refer to piked boots. Ocreas Anglo Norman term for a type of shoe, although it may be the same as ocrea. Opanke The term originates from a Serbian word for a shoe, worn by the rural population, with a hard molded sole turned up all around the edge forming part of the upper. The European Opanke can have a center front and/or back seam in the bottom unit. The Native American shoe referred to by anthropologists as an Opanke has no seams in the bottom unit and a soft upper which is attached to it. [Thornton/Swann, 1983][Webber, 1989] Overshoes Today these are usually rubber galoshes, or some other form of shoe meant to be worn over other shoes, meant to protect them from the elements. Oxford An esthetically elegant style with closed lacing. It typically comes in plain, full-brogue, and semi-brogue versions. Pantofle (also Pantoble) A post-middle-age term for a slipper or a raised overshoe Patten (Other middle-age terms include Clog, Clogge, Galache, Galoch, Galosh, Golosh, Galoche, Galegge, Galliochios, Galloche, Gaulish Shoes, Paten, Patyn, Trippe Latin: Calopodla,Calopedes, Callopedium, Crepitum, Crepita) These are all names for a variety of overshoes, made with wood, leather, or cork platform soles, sometimes with bits of metal on the bottoms, intended to protect the shoes from wet, cold, mud and pavement. They remained in use in one form or another until the American Colonial period. Some items seen currently thought of as Patens may in fact be sandals. Pegged shoe (Pegged boot) Leather shoes with the sole fastened to the upper by wooden pegs. Penny Loafer See slip-on Pinson (Other middle-age spellings include: Caffignon, Pinsone, Pinçon, Pinsion, Pisnet, Puisnet, Pynson, Sokke. Latin: Pedipomita, possibly Calceolus, Calceamesa Calceamen Pedibomita Pedribriomita) A kind of thin shoe, slipper or pump. Although they appear in the literature from 1350 to around 1600, there is no clear contemporary description of them. It maybe assumed that they are a slip on shoe held in place by fit, rather than any fastenings. Pisnet A type of shoe Polony fashion (Belone, Palony) The term first appears in England in 1601, in the notes of Queen Elizabeth's shoemakers, apparently making a reference to the Polish design of stacked leather heels. Poulaine See Crakowe. The poulaine is technically the point or pike of the shoe. Pump A light, low-cut turn-shoe, first mentioned in the 16th Century, thin soled, shoe without any lacing, straps or a heel, or later a very low heel. It often had no fastening and was kept in place by the close fit. They were worn principally by footmen. The term remains until the 19th century when it dies out, only to be used in the 20th century for a similar style of heeled woman’s shoe. Quatre-Foil Spur Leathers These large leather pieces were worn in the 17th century by Cavaliers intending to hide their spur fastenings. They bore a resemblance to a flattened four leaf clover. Rivilin, Riwelingas, Rowlingas, Rullions, Rulyions, Skin-sko) Culponius, Peronatus“Carpatinæ An easily made single piece shoe, worn by the lowest ranks of rural population, with the sole turned up all around the edge forming part of the overleather. The edges were cut into loops through which a lacing pulled the sides together. Frequently of undressed or untanned hide, this general type of shoe was among the earliest of shoes among the Greeks, Romans and early Celtic peoples. It probably continued to be worn through the Middle Ages, although there are no examples. In certain areas these were worn regularly well into the 20th century (and even to the present time as traditional folk costume). Note that while the terms appear interchangeable, the actual shoe designs can be different in details. Sabot (Wooden Shoe, Klompen) The work shoe of the peasantry, frequently wooden. Saboton An armored, pointed shoe. Sandal A simple type of shoe with a sole held on to the foot by straps. Sandalium A clerical (Bishop’s) shoe. Edmonton Shoes Home Scarpine (Scarpino, Scarpini, Escarpin, Escarpino) A light shoe, maybe similar or synonymous with the pump. This term has also sometimes been used for a type of broad toed shoe. Scoh An Anglo-Saxon/Old English term for shoe, possibly referring to the high shoe styles since those were so common in England of that period. [Owen-Crocker]. Semi-brogue A shoe style with perforated decoration, a plain toe cap, and brogueing rows. Also known as half-brogue. [Vass] Shoe (Sceo, Scoh, Sho, Sco Latin: Sotularis; Calceus) A generic term for shoe that come to, or just below, the ankle. Slebescoh (Slypesco, Slipshoe) A shoe that was easily slipped on, a slipper. An Anglo Saxon Term [Owen-Crocker]. Slip-on A shoe style with no laces or buckles, into which the wearer simply slips his foot (also called a loafer). Its forebear is the Indian moccasin. Today slip-ons also exist in welt-stitched form. One of these is the Penny Loafer, where the tongue is covered by a leather cross-strap under which wearers used to place a one-penny coin. [Vass] Slipper (Other early middle-age spellings include: Slebescoh, Slipshoe, Slypesco, Slype-sceo, Slypesco, Staeppescoh, Swiftlere) A low cut shoe that can be slipped on, and has no means of fastening. A cheap, low shoe meant to be worn indoors Sokke (Other middle-age spelling includes: Socc Latin: Soccus) An Anglo Saxon term for a simple slipper consisting of a light overleather and sole, possibly synonymous with slebescoh or slypesco, as well as being callicula and gallicula, both terms apparently derived from the Roman caligae. [Owen-Crocker]. It is possible that this was because of the visual similarity of the general construction of the Caligae to the Carbatine (the former having an attached outsole, the latter, not). Soller An Anglo Norman term for shoes in general or a particular type of shoe. The term likely derived from the French soulier. Solleret Armored shoe made up of lames or plates. The term appears to have been used in English around 1826. See also Broad Toed Shoes. Sotulares (Latin: Sotularium) Shoes, may also refer to inexpensive shoes, and possibly clerical shoes. May be synonymous with the subtalaris, or may refer to high shoes Sotulares Veteres A middle-age Latin term referring to old, patched or remade shoes, deriving from the Classical Latin veterementarius, or cobbler. Staeppescoh (L. Subtaleris) An 8th century Anglo Saxon term for slipper, is synonymous with the word "swiftlere" [Owen-Crocker]. Subtalaris (Other middle-age spelling includes Subtelaris) The term is Latin, and means “below the heel”. In the Anglo Saxon era it appears to have been term for a low shoe, and may have been used to refer to staeppescoh and swiftlere. It may also refer to a clerical shoe. The term also apparently was used to refer to a chaucepey. Swiftlere (L. Subtaleris) A later than 8th century Anglo-Saxon term for slipper [Owen-Crocker]. Tibracis An Anglo Saxon term for a form of leather boot [Owen-Crocker]. Unhege-Sceo See High Shoe. Although this meaning seems traditional, it is somewhat speculative, since there is no clear link to the High shoes. Sceo seems to be an older academic form for scoh. The term is Anglo-Saxon/Old English. Winter Shoes This term refers to a specific, non-ecclesiastical shoe with a cork filled sole. There are a very few examples of these from the 14th and 15th centuries. |
