veld shoe, noun phrase

Origin:
Partial translation of South African Dutch veldschoen.
veldskoen noun sense 1.
1835 T.H. Bowker Journal. 22 Apr.Bought leather for felt shoes.
1846 Natal Witness 18 Sept. 3The Fingoe shield must have been..far more savory..than the veld-shoes, which the traveller Thompson informs us he ate.
a1867 C.J. Andersson Notes of Trav. (1875) 298He was dressed in..‘veld’ shoes.
1896 Argus 2 Jan. 1 (advt)Solid leather H.S. Veldt Shoes.
1901 W.S. Sutherland S. Afr. Sketches 48Even now I feel a shaking in my number twelve veldtshoes.
1972 Vereeniging & Vanderbijlpark News 14 Apr. (advt)Men’s veld shoes — Available in all colours.
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