Sandal

(săn'dal.) [From Gr. sand alon.] (Costume.) A kind of covering for the feet, of various forms and fashions, worn, anciently, by the Jews and Egyptians; and, later, by the Greeks and Romans. The most usual kind was a sole of leather fashioned to the flat of the foot and tied above the ankles by thongs fastened to the sides of the S., and by one which pa ed between the great and second toes. [s. 794] IMG:plate0839.jpg:Gravür