Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Galoshe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Galoshe \Ga*loshe"\, n.
Same as {Galoche}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Galoche \Ga*loche"\, Galoshe \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. ?, dim. of ?, ?, a shoemaker's
last; ? wood + ? foot.]
1. A clog or patten. [Obs.]
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.
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