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Galoshe

Ga-loche′

,

Ga-loshe′

,
[OE.
galoche
,
galache
,
galage
, shoe, F.
galoche
galoche, perh. altered fr. L.
gallica
a Gallic shoe, or fr. LL.
calopedia
wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr. [GREEK], dim. of [GREEK], [GREEK], a shoemaker’s last; [GREEK] wood + [GREEK] foot.]
1.
A clog or patten.
[Obs.]
Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his
galoche
.
Chaucer.
3.
A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.

Ga-loshe′

,
Noun.
Same as
Galoche
.

Definition 2024

galoshe

galoshe

English

Alternative forms

Noun

galoshe ‎(plural galoshes)

  1. (obsolete) A clog or patten.
    Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche. - Chaucer.
  2. Hence, an overshoe worn in wet weather.
  3. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.

Translations

References

  • galoshe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

From Middle English galoche, galache, galage (meaning shoe), from Old French galoche, perhaps altered from Latin gallica ( meaning a Gallic shoe), or from Late Latin calopedia (meaning wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole), from Ancient Greek diminutive of καλόπους ‎(kalópous, “a shoemaker's last; wood + foot”).

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