Found 2 items, similar to Buskin.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: buskin
buskin
n : a boot reaching halfway up to the knee [syn:
chukka boot,
combat boot,
desert boot,
half boot,
top boot]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Buskin
Buskin
\Bus"kin\, n. [Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken.
See
Brodekin.]
1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some
distance up the leg.
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The hunted red deer's undressed hide
Their hairy buskins well supplied. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very
thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the
stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and
Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as
distinguished from comedy.
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Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here,
No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden.
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