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Upper vs Sandshoe - What's the difference?

upper | sandshoe |

As nouns the difference between upper and sandshoe

is that upper is that which is higher, contrasted with the lower while sandshoe is (scotland|australia|new zealand) a sports or walking shoe with canvas upper and rubber sole; a sneaker.

As an adjective upper

is at a higher level, rank or position.

upper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which is higher, contrasted with the lower.
    • As the restless sleeper here, I'll take the lower berth. You take the upper .
  • (shoemaking) The piece of leather, etc., that forms the top part of a shoe above the sole.
  • A stimulant such as amphetamine that increases energy and decreases appetite.

    • Hyponyms

    * (shoemaking) vamp

    See also

    * swan upper

    Adjective

    (-)
  • At a higher level, rank or position.
  • Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
  • (geology, of strata or geological time periods) younger, more recent
  • (education) Of or pertaining to a secondary school.

    • Antonyms

    * (at a higher position) lower, under * (situated higher) lower * (more recent) lower

    Derived terms

    * Upper Sorbian * Upper Volta * upper arm * upper case * upper class * upper house * uppermost

    Related terms

    * on one's uppers — destitute

    sandshoe

    English

    (wikipedia sandshoe)

    Noun

    (en 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, 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, 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, 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.

    See also

    * tennis shoe, trainer