different between vellie vs veldskoen
vellie
English
Etymology
Diminutive +? -ie.
Noun
vellie (plural vellies)
- (South Africa, slang) veldskoen
- 2005, Peter J. H. Petter-Bowyer, Winds of Destruction (page 116)
- In the cool of evening I noticed Army officers were wearing slacks and vellies but no socks.
- 2005, Peter J. H. Petter-Bowyer, Winds of Destruction (page 116)
Anagrams
- vielle
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veldskoen
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch veldschoen (Cape Dutch), from vel (“skin, hide”) + schoen (“shoe”); later reinforced by Afrikaans veldskoen.
Pronunciation
- (General South African) IPA(key): /?feltsk?n/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?v?ldsk?n/, /?f?ltsk?n/
Noun
veldskoen (plural veldskoens or veldskoene)
- (South Africa) Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour. [from 19th c.]
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 28:
- [A]ll my life I've been surrounded by violence. Not in the way any of my quite long line of pioneer forefathers experienced it, leaving their veldskoen tracks through history […]
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 28:
See also
- vellie
- veldtschoon
References
1978: A Dictionary of South African English. Edited Jean Branford. Oxford.
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