Green’s Dictionary of Slang

canoe n.¹

a shoe.

1900		Bulletin (Sydney) 28 Apr. 11/3: ‘Bung’ took the canoes, and gave the man a parting glass, but, later on, discovered that the boots were His Honor’s – picked up from the bedroom door.
1969		S.T. Kendall Up the Frog.
2002		M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 58: Now I’ll need bread to buy canoes for me plates!