<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A heel-less shoe made entirely of soft leather, such as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of U-shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.</li><li>A hard-soled shoe or slipper resembling this, often decorated with beads.</li><li>Any of several North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon (formerly Ancistrodon), especially the cottonmouth.</li></ul>