אַפַּנְתָּא, (פנה, v. פנים; cmp. אַפּוּתָא fr. אַף) upper, (front), a kind of legging connected with a shoe or sole over which straps are drawn for fastening; corresp. to h. מַנְעַל. Taan. 12ᵇ מסיימי א׳ (Ms. M. פַּנְתָּאֵי pl.) having put on appantas (on a public fast-day). Yeb. 102ᵃ הוה ליה א׳ מֵעַל וכ׳ (ed. פ׳; v. Ar. ed. Koh. s. v.) the panta is one ‘from on’ (referring to Deut. XXV, 9 ‘and she shall strip his shoe from on his foot’), and the thong a ‘from on’ of a ‘from on’, i.e. panta and thong are two coverings. Ber. 43ᵇ ולא אמרו אלא בא׳ (ed. בפ׳) this applies only to the panta (upper).