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Meaning of veldskoen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/ˈfeltskʊn/

Definitions

Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour.

South-Africa

Examples

“[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 […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Veldt veldt shoe veldt sore Veldts veldtschoon Vele