kamik
(ˈkæmɪk)
Also kammik.
[Eskimo.]
A long boot of sealskin worn by the Eskimos.
| 1891 L. Gibson Jrnl. 15 Aug. in R. E. Peary Northward over Gt. Ice (1898) I. iii. 109 The [Eskimo] woman made us a pair of Kamiks. 1900 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 297/1 Seal-skin kammiks, or top boots. 1910 R. E. Peary North Pole xiv. 128 The kamiks, or boots, of sealskin, soled with the heavier skin of the square-flipper seal. 1922 Chambers's Jrnl. 425/1 Untying the upper part of his kamik, or long boot. 1933 J. Buchan Prince of Captivity iii. 106 Their reindeer-skin kamiks had been worn into holes. 1945 D. Leechman Eskimo Summer 29 Nearly all of them [sc. Eskimo girls] were wearing sealskin kamiks, but one or two girls actually had on silk stockings and shoes with medium high heels. 1969 Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 18 Apr. 11/4 Eskimo wives stitching parkas and kamiks, or sealskin boots, which they trade at the local co-op store. |