split-toe

English

split-toe socks
split-toe athletic shoes

Adjective

split-toe (not comparable)

  1. (hosiery, footwear) Covering individual toes or groups of toes separately.
    • 1988, Audrey Sutherland, Paddling Hawai'i, page 44:
      They may chafe the tops of your toes, so you will also need to wear some soft split-toe socks underneath, stocked here at Japanese-style department stores or even at the major chain drugstore.
    • 2020 October 30, Lauren Cochrane, “The return of split-toe footwear leaves fashion world cloven”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 October 2026:
      The design detail dates back to the 15th century, when split-toe socks were worn with thonged sandals, and its use by western fashion houses has sometimes been subject to questions over cultural appropriation.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:split-toe.

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