reefwalker

English

Etymology

From reef +‎ walker.

Noun

reefwalker (plural reefwalkers)

1. A person who partakes in reefwalking.
2. A type of thick-soled shoe used for walking on coral and coastal rocks.
   • 1984, Julian May, The Adversary (Saga of Pliocene Exile; 4), Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 187:

     His magnificent golden outfit disappeared. He wore frayed khaki shorts, calf-high reefwalkers with tabi toes, and a grubby yellow t-shirt imprinted dalriada windsurfer racing team. His distinctive physiognomy was hidden under a ratty straw sombrero and he had a silver torc about his neck.