noun · rare

buskin

buskin · buskins

котурн

Kothurn

A soft boot reaching to calf or knee heightA soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.

/ˈbʌskɪn/

Meaning

5 senses

(historical)A soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.
a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
A pontifical vestment in the form of a silk stocking, sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold thread, reaching to the base of the knee and worn over one’s regular socks but under episcopal sandals.
(historical)A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.
Kothurn
коту́рнkotúrn
(broadly)Tragic drama; tragedy.
An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.

Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

type of boot with a thick sole, worn by the ancient Athenian tragic actors:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

type of boot with a thick sole, worn by the ancient Athenian tragic actors:

Origin

Apparently from Old French bousequin, variant of brousequin (compare modern French brodequ

Apparently from Old French bousequin, variant of brousequin (compare modern French brodequin), probably from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown origin.

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