Sandshoe Full definition of sandshoe Noun (Scotland, Australia, New Zealand ) A sports or walking shoe with canvas upper and rubber sole ; a sneaker . 1986 , Pete Thomas, The Coalminers of Queensland , Volume I: Creating the Traditions, Queensland Colliery Employees Union, %22sandshoes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22sandshoe%22|%22sandshoes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=W_V38jqzTE&sig=TpRhi8inUACB9lBc_Gd0OrOctZY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eUIeUMrANOWViQeOo4HQAg&redir_esc=y page 325 ,Later, however, the union ran into a problem of a severe shortage of sandshoes in Queensland. The rationing authorities, in reply to a union request on this, said that the Chief Inspector of Coalmines had condemned use of sandshoes in mines as being “not conducive to health or safety.†2003 , Peter Plowman, Across the Sea to War: Australian and New Zealand Troop Convoys from 1865 through two World Wars to Lorea and Vietnam , Rosenberg Publishing, Australia, %22sandshoes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=Qs2tqbetqp&sig=Ju3CpS1LeG9hfgJ960BHeWDvrqg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eUIeUMrANOWViQeOo4HQAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sandshoe%22|%22sandshoes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 387 ,Sandshoes had been issued for shipboard use, to avoid damage to the decks by hob-nailed boots.2007 , Melissa Harper, The Ways of the Bushwalker: On Foot in Australia , UNSW Press, %22sandshoes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=yitvw4JNlu&sig=RyYpYk-Vw9a_1yLHPkQ0tbolDu4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eUIeUMrANOWViQeOo4HQAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sandshoe%22|%22sandshoes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 272 ,The sandshoe versus the boot; this is an issue that has stirred the blood of bushwalkers for more than fifty years....The demise of the ubiquitous hob-nailed boot (circa 1950s) in favour of a boot with a patterned rubber sole generated concern, but the popularity of a boot that combined a rubber sole and a canvas upper with no ankle support simply went too far for some. 2008 , James Kelman , Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 81:But because yer sandshoes , if they were dirty, it was a point off yer team, so ye were just to try yer hardest. © Wiktionary
