Sandal

n. [Fr. sandale, It. sandalo, Sp. sandalia, Lat. sandalium, Gr. σάνδαλον, diminutive σανδάλιον, perhaps for σανίδαλον, from σανίς, σανίδος, a board, plank, and any thing made thereof; Per. sandal.] A kind of shoe consisting of a sole fastened to the foot; a covering for the foot, protecting its lower surface, but not its upper; a kind of slipper; an overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.