sandshoe

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A sports or walking shoe with canvas upper and rubber sole; a sneaker.
 * 2) * 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.”
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 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.