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Definition of espadrille noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

espadrille

noun
 
/ˈespədrɪl/
 
/ˈespədrɪl/
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  1. a light shoe made of strong cloth with a sole made of ropeTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from Provençal espardi(l)hos, from espart ‘esparto’, from Latin spartum, from Greek sparton ‘rope’.
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