Editing Clog (section)

{{Short description|Footwear made in part or completely of wood}}
{{Other uses}}
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[[File:Klompen (Dutch Clogs), Wooden Shoes Museum in Drenthe.jpg|thumb|[[Klomp]]en from the Netherlands]]

'''Clogs''' are a type of [[footwear]] that has a thick, rigid sole typically made of [[wood]], although in [[American English]], shoes with rigid soles made of other materials are also called clogs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/clog |title=Clog |website=[[Collins Dictionary]] |access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/clog |title=Clog |website=[[Cambridge Dictionary]] |access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref> 

[[Tradition]]al clogs remain in use as [[protective clothing|protective footwear]] in [[agriculture]] and in some [[factory|factories]] and [[Mining|mine]]s. Although they are sometimes negatively associated with cheap and folkloric footwear of [[farmer]]s and the [[working class]], some types are considered [[fashion]] wear today, such as Swedish [[träskor]] or Japanese [[Geta (footwear)|geta]].

Clogs are also used in several different styles of [[clogging|dance]], where an important feature is the sound they produce against the floor. Clog dancing is one of the fundamental roots of [[tap dancing]], but with tap shoes the taps are free to click against each other and produce a different sound from clogs.