Galoshe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Alternative spellings

English

Etymology

From Old English galoche, galache, galage (meaning shoe), from French galoche, perhaps altered from Latin gallica ( meaning a Gallic shoe), or from Late Latin calopedia (meaning wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole), Greek , diminutive of , ?????? , a shoemaker's last; wood + foot.]

Noun

Galoshe (Galoshes)

1. (obsolete) A clog or patten.

   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.

Alternative spellings

Galoche