A clog is a type of footwear traditionally worn by workers as protective clothing in factories, mines and farms.
There are various types of clog. Traditional clogs are shoes or sandals made predominantly out of wood, and are associated with theNetherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Galicia, Lithuania and Sweden. They can also be a type of heavy boot or shoe with sides, uppers and typically thick wooden soles, and may have steel toecaps and/or steel reinforcing inserts in the undersides of the soles.
