sandal /ˈsændəl/noun 3verb 1forms 5 noun3 •A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot •sandalwoodAnd on the tables every clime and age / Jumbled together: celts and calumets, / Claymore and snow-shoe, toys in lava, fans / Of sandal, amber, ancient rosaries[…] — 1847 •A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast. verb1 •To put on sandals. formssandaled · sandalled · sandaling · sandalling · sandals