also: せきだ · せちだ
noun
leather-soled sandals; setta
Traditional Japanese sandals with leather soles, often worn with kimono or by Buddhist monks. The reading せった is standard; せきだ and せちだ are rare or archaic.
彼は着物に雪駄を履いて散歩した。
He took a walk wearing a kimono and setta sandals.
雪駄は革底なので、雨の日は滑りやすい。
Setta have leather soles, so they are slippery on rainy days.
Archaic reading of 雪駄.
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 雪駄.
Rare kanji spelling associated with the reading せきだ.
The word likely derives from 雪 (setsu, 'snow') and 駄 (da, 'shoe'), possibly because the leather soles provided better grip in snow. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.