moccasin

noun4

1. •
   A traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a piece of deerskin or other soft leather turned up at the edges which are either stitched together at the top of the shoe, or sewn to a vamp (a piece covering the top of the foot).

   • The captive wore the moccasins gratefully. — 1950
2. •
   A modern shoe with either a low or no heel resembling a traditional Native American moccasin in that the leather forming the sides of the shoe is stitched at the top.

   • Walking moccasin of gray chrome tanned leather. Waterproof. Flexible elk sole. — 1915
3. •
   Any of several North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon, particularly the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) and the cottonmouth or water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus).
4. •
   A light beige colour, like that of a moccasin.

   • He came in a primitive, rickety buggy, drawn by an old, moccasin-colored horse, which, it is to be hoped, had seen better days. — 1898