brodequin

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From French brodequin.

Noun

[edit]

brodequin (plural brodequins)

  1. (obsolete) A buskin or half-boot.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. [], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, [], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 133:
      Then followed the young monarch and his chevaliers, dressed after the Roman fashion—the cuirass of gold, the robes of frosted silver, the brodequins wrought with gold and silver mixed; and the casques were of silver, with white plumes tipped with scarlet. All were masked; but the King was easily distinguished by his snowy charger, whose mane was fantastically knitted with scarlet ribands.

French

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /bʁɔd.kɛ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

brodequin m (plural brodequins)

  1. (historical) buskin, half-boot
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 2, in Les Misérables, Tome III : Marius, book 6:
      [S]on brodequin de soie dessinait la petitesse de son pied.
      [H]er silken shoe outlined the smallness of her foot.
  2. (historical, theater) buskin
  3. work boot

Further reading

[edit]