pantophle

English

Noun

pantophle (plural pantophles)

1. Alternative form of pantofle.
   • 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “The Life of Nicias”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 589:

     […] neuertheleſſe he was ſo poore and miſerable, that euen when he was in ſtate of a Generall, & gaue vp an accompt of his expences, he would not ſticke to put into his bookes, ſo much, for a gowne, and ſo much for a payer of pantophles.

   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Heroicall loue causing melancholy. His Pedegree, Power, and Extent.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 2, member 1, subsection 1, page 356:

     And although ſhe threatned to breake his bowe and arrowes, to clip his wings, and whipped him beſides on the bare buttocks with her pantophle, yet all would not ſerue, […].

   • 1630, Philip Massinger, The Renegado, a Tragæ Comedie. As It Hath Beene Often Acted by the Queenes Maiesties Seruants, at the Priuate Play-house in Drurye-Lane., London: […] A[ugustine] M[athewes] for Iohn Waterson, […], act III, scene IV:

     In the day I waite on my Lady when ſhe eates, / Carry her pantophles, beare vp her trayne / Sing her aſleepe at night, and when ſhe pleaſes / I am her bedfellow.