alpagat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpargata.

Noun

alpagat (plural alpagats)

1. (Trinidad and Tobago) A kind of sandal, alpargata.
   • 1988, Trinidad Carnival, page 78:

     Costumes are simple, the girls wearing full short skirts, blouses trimmed in swansdown, washikongs or alpagats, and decorated metallic paper crowns.