shoepaks

Noun

shoepak (plural shoepaks)

1. A heavy leather, ankle-high shoe, similar to a moccasin in that it lacks a separate sole.
   • Most of them were barefoot; a few had canvas footwear. A couple of the older ones wore shoepaks or heavy boots.1963, Agnes Sylvia Rodli, North of Heaven: A Teaching Ministry Among the Alaskan Indians
2. A heavy lined workboot worn by loggers and used in the military.
   • Garment factories did their job too, and soon we would fare as well as combat troops and be furnished wool jackets, shoepaks, overshoes, service boots, panchos and wool gloves.1972, Meredith L. Butterton, Metric 16, page 283