Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A soft boot made of reindeer skin or sealskin and worn by Eskimos.
  • noun A slipper with a soft sole resembling this boot.

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  • noun Canada, US A soft knee-high boot of sealskin or reindeer skin, originally worn by Inuit and Yupik.
  • noun Canada, US A laced winter boot resembling a traditional mukluk, with thick rubber sole and cloth upper.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Yupik maklak, bearded seal (from whose skin the soles of mukluks have traditionally been made).]

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From Central Siberian Yupik maklak ("bearded seal"), referring to sealskin used to make boots.

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Examples

  • "mukluk," others in sweaters with huge initials and winged emblems, and all were collarless.

    The Spoilers Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • At a recent rehearsal, dressed in black leggings and mukluk slippers with a long ponytail and fingernails painted a light shade of coffee, she spoke with The Wall Street Journal about her unusual path back to New York.

    Stepping Gracefully Into Her Identity Ellen Gamerman 2012

  • Alaskan winter nights last 18 hours (which Todd and I will never let Bristol use as an excuse again), and there's nothing better to mukluk your toes than the thick skin of a moose!

    John DeBellis: We Shot A Moose - Recipe for Sarah's Stew 2009

  • They're more mukluk than goth, but you can't beat 'em for warmth.

    Calling all Knitters! And Sock Lovers! Emergency Knitting please? Plus see squirrel pics! Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • An Eskimo mukluk in cheap black vinyl is not my style.

    Suzette Standring: Size Five Shoe Phaseout 2009

  • They are also notorious for wanting to lower taxes on business so they can hire more mukluk makers.

    Raising Taxes vs. Reducing Wealth 2008

  • From fun ponchos to trimmed mukluk boots, these prints are alive and well today, giving a “bohemian chic” look to anything you pair them with.

    Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005

  • From fun ponchos to trimmed mukluk boots, these prints are alive and well today, giving a “bohemian chic” look to anything you pair them with.

    Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005

  • From fun ponchos to trimmed mukluk boots, these prints are alive and well today, giving a “bohemian chic” look to anything you pair them with.

    Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005

  • He was dressed in traditional Inuit clothes: fur parka, fur pants, and mukluk boots.

    Ice Hunt Rollins, James, 1961- 2003

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