oxford

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a low shoe laced over the instep

   They were clad in spotless white, from their duck oxfords to the white ties encircling the open collars of their tennis shirts.

From Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford (“Oxford”, literally “oxen's ford”), equivalent to ox + ford. Compare Old Norse Öxnafurða.

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