Oxford shoes

Japanese: オックスフォード・シューズ - おっくすふぉーどしゅーず
Oxford shoes

…At the end of the 19th century, a British spinning company began selling shirt fabrics bearing the names of universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, and Harvard, but it is said that only Oxford remains to this day. Incidentally, Oxford shoes are short shoes with laces, and were named after the fact that they were widely worn at Oxford University in the early 17th century. [Michiko Funato] …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Oxford shoes" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…19世紀の終りにイギリスの紡績会社がオックスフォード,ケンブリッジ,イェール,ハーバードの各大学の名をつけたシャツ地を売り出したが,現在まで残るのはオックスフォードのみといわれている。ちなみに,オックスフォード・シューズは,紐つきの短靴をいい,17世紀の初めにオックスフォード大学で広く履かれていたところから名づけられた。【船戸 道子】。…

※「オックスフォード・シューズ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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