A pair of open-heeled slippers.

A slipper is a soft and lightweight indoor shoe (also called houseshoes) ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 376 KB) A pair of open-heeled slippers. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 376 KB) A pair of open-heeled slippers. ... Womens shoes on display in a shop window, July 2005 A shoe is an item of footwear. ...

Slippers are frequently made out of soft materials such as felt, terrycloth or soft leather, and may or may not be lined. Some slippers, particularly those meant to be used near pools, bathrooms, or other wet places, are made of plastic or rubber. Slippers generally have thin and flexible soles, with a shallow tread meant only to prevent the wearer from slipping on smooth floors. In contrast, shoes and boots are generally made of canvas, plastic, rubber, or leather, and often have thick soles. Felt was also the name of a 1980s UK Indie band. ... The sole of a mans foot The Sole is the bottom of the foot. ... The tread of a tire refers to the pattern visible on its circumference that makes contact with the road. ... Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky emulsion (known as latex) in the sap of a number of plants but can also be produced synthetically. ...

Slippers may be shaped like a shoe (foot inserted through top), or may have no heel, so the foot can be slipped in the back.

The term "slipper" is sometimes used interchangeably with the terms flip-flop and sandal. This is especially true in Hawaii, where footwear is not customarily worn indoors; in Hawaii the word "slipper" generally refers to the flip-flop. This article is about the electronic component. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Certain breeds of dog have been identified for their superior ability to fetch their owner's slippers, a domestic version of the fetching of shot prey for which hunting dogs have actually been bred by humans. Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris (Linnaeus, 1758) The dog is a canine mammal of the Order Carnivora. ...

A slippering is a metaphorical term for a spanking of the buttocks or a beating of the hands using a slipper or (more often, though then it is a euphemism) firmer footwear, especially gym shoes (part of the school uniform), as the proverbial plimsoll, as a disciplinary implement wielded by hand, especially in Commonwealth countries. It is a form of physical punishment, mainly for children at home or at school, as a milder alternative to caning, birching etcetera, though a 'sound dose' can be more painful then it seems, especially if the impacting sole is solid rubber, a material also used for type of paddle or bludgeon. Spanking (or smacking, or less specific terms such as whipping, etc. ... A Plimsoll shoe is an early type of training shoe with a canvas upper and rubber sole, developed as beachwear in the 1830s by the Liverpool Rubber Company (later to become Dunlop), was first called the sand shoe, and in the 1870s acquired the nickname plimsoll because the colored horizontal... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Caning is corporal punishment (see that article for generalities and alternatives) with a cane, generally applied on the bare or clad buttocks (see spanking), hand(s) (palm, rarely knuckles) or even the soles of the feet. ... Birching is corporal punishment with a birch rod, typically a spanking given on the delinquents buttocks, alternatively on the back and/or over the shoulders. ... Hercules fights the Lernaean Hydra with a club A club or cudgel is perhaps the simplest of all melee weapons. ...

The word "booting" (also irrespective of the type of footwear) is rather used for physical discipline given 'hands free' with the boot (or other footwear) on the discipliners foot, so the punishee usually is to offer himself (generally the posterior) in a low position.

In hare coursing, a slipper is a person who "slips" or releases dogs to chase the hare. Slippers are registered and trained by the British NCC (National Coursing Club), but coursing is controversial and becoming banned in most countries due to its alledgedly inhumane treatment of the hare. Hare coursing is a blood sport involving the hunting of hares with dogs (usually Lurchers who have been bred for the purpose). ...