Definitions from Wiktionary (buskin)
▸ noun: (chiefly historical) A soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.
▸ noun: (Catholicism) A pontifical vestment in the form of a silk stocking, sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold thread, reaching to the base of the knee and worn over one’s regular socks but under episcopal sandals.
▸ noun: (historical) A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.
▸ noun: (by extension) Tragic drama; tragedy.
▸ noun: An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.
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▸ noun: (chiefly historical) A soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.
▸ noun: (Catholicism) A pontifical vestment in the form of a silk stocking, sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold thread, reaching to the base of the knee and worn over one’s regular socks but under episcopal sandals.
▸ noun: (historical) A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.
▸ noun: (by extension) Tragic drama; tragedy.
▸ noun: An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.
Similar:
top boot,
combat boot,
chukka boot,
desert boot,
half boot,
brodequin,
brodkin,
brodekin,
blucher,
blutcher,
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▸ Words similar to buskin
▸ Usage examples for buskin
▸ Idioms related to buskin
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