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a tiny vehicle for your feet, redesigned every decade to sell the same idea differently
means a sturdy covering for the foot, typically with a firm sole and a less flexible structure than a slipper or sock.
from From Old English 'scoh,' tracing back to a Proto-Germanic root '*skohaz' — cousin to German 'Schuh' and Dutch 'schoen.' Its deeper origins are murky, but it may relate to a notion of 'covering' or 'concealing,' which fits: a shoe is, at heart, a hide pulled over the foot. The wandering plural 'shoon' lingered in poetry long after everyone else had settled on 'shoes.'
oldest pairA 5,500-year-old leather shoe found in an Armenian cave
high heelsOriginally worn by men to grip stirrups while riding
left and rightDistinct shapes only became standard in the 1800s
lacesThe aglet, that plastic tip, has its own real name