What does "sandal" mean?

Sandal: Same as Sendal. Sails of silk and ropes of sandal. Longfellow.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Sandalwood. "Fans of sandal." Tennyson.
  2. 3.(a) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper. (b) A kind of slipper. (c) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.

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