Plural of footwear; multiple types of shoes, boots, or other coverings for the feet.
Compound of 'foot' + 'wear' (to have on one's body). The term is typically uncountable in English, but this plural form emphasizes different types or categories of footwear.
Footwear has been used as a status symbol longer than almost any other clothing item—ancient civilizations controlled who could wear which shoe styles by law, making fancy sandals literally a crime for commoners!
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