"saddle shoe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsædl̩ ʃuː/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-saddle shoe.ogg [Australia] Forms: saddle shoes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} saddle shoe (plural saddle shoes)
  1. A shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle of a leather or colour different from the rest of the shoe. Categories (topical): Footwear Synonyms: saddle, saddle oxford Derived forms: saddle-shoed Translations (shoe resembling an oxford): satulakenkä (Finnish), Sattelschuh [masculine] (German)

Inflected forms

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