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Webster 1913 Edition
Chopine
Cho-pine′
,Noun.
[Cf. OF.
chapin
, escapin
, Sp. chapin
, Pg. chapim
.] A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more.
[Variously spelt
chioppine
, chopin
, etc.] Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a
chopine
. Shakespeare