pantoffle

English

Noun

pantoffle (plural pantoffles)

1. Alternative form of pantofle.
   • 1616–1618, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Queene of Corinth”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 4, column 1:

     Ile tell you Lady,
     Since you riſe up his Advocate, and boldly,
     (For now I finde, and plainly, in whoſe favour
     My love and ſervice to you was neglected)
     For all your wealth, nay, adde to that your beauty,
     And put your vertues in if you have any,
     I would not yet be pointed at, as he is,
     For the fine Courtier, the womans man,
     That tells my Lady ſtories, diſſolves riddles,
     Uſhers her to her Coach, lyes at her feet
     At ſollemne Maskes, applauding what ſhe laughs at;
     Reads her aſleep a nights, and takes his oath
     Upon her Pantoffles, that all excellence
     In other Madams doe but zany hers:
     Theſe you are perfect in, and yet theſe take not
     Or from your birth or freedome.