The espadrille got its name from the way dentists used to pump them with their feet as they drilled holes in their victim's teeth. The only place you see them these days is in museums or Guantanamo Bay.
OMG! That's IT mister!!! You had to look up a shoe and you haven't chimed in to the Broadway review that YOU started and Mark and I have so graciously tried to continue...back to homo-nomics 101 you go!