crackow

English

Alternative forms

• cracow
• crakow

Etymology

Named after Cracow in Poland, where they were first worn in the 14th century.

Noun

crackow (plural crackows)

1. A type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike
   • 1827, Emma Roberts, Memoirs of the rival houses of York and Lancaster, volume I, Harding and Lepard, page 242:

     The crackows or piked shoes of Richard II. were rivalled in absurdity by the sleeves which came into fashion in the beginning of his successor’s reign, […]

2. The pike on this shoe

Synonyms

• (shoe): poulaine
• (pike): poulaine

Translations

pointed shoe worn in the Middle Ages

• German: Schnabelschuh m