A moccasin's a shoe made of deerskin or other soft leather, consisting of a sole and sides made of one piece of leather, stitched together at the top, and sometimes with a vamp (additional panel of leather). The sole's soft and flexible and the upper part often's adorned with embroidery or beading, et cetera. Historically, it's the footwear of many Native American tribes; moreover, hunters, traders, and European settlers wore them. Etymologically, the moccasin derives from the Algonquian langua… (More on Moccasin)