The Brogue is a low-heeled multiple piece shoe characterized by decorative perforations and serrations along the pieces’ visible edges. A full brogue has the toe, side and heel decorated with punched and serrated leather. A semi-brogue has a straight toe cap (as opposed to the wing cap of a full brogue) that is still decorated with punched and serrated leather. A quarter brogue has a straight toe cap with brogueing on the toe cap seam, but the toe cap itself is without decoration. Brogues can trace their origins to Ireland and the name means “shoe” or “leg covering” in Gaelic.