Synonyms for buskin

Grammar : Noun

Spell : buhs-kin

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌs kɪn

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Définition of buskin

Origin : "half boot," c.1500, origin unknown. The word exists in different forms in most of the continental languages, and the exact relationship of them all apparently has yet to be determined. The English word is perhaps immediately from Old French broissequin "buskin; a kind of cloth" (14c., Modern French brodequin by influence of broder "to embroider"), or from Middle Dutch brosekin "small leather boot," which is of uncertain origin. OED suggests a likely candidate in Spanish borcegui, earlier boszegui
Figurative senses in English relating to tragedy are from the word being used (since mid-16c.) to translate Greek kothurnus, the high, thick-soled boot worn in Athenian tragedy; contrasted with sock, the low shoe worn by comedians. Related: Buskined.

As in combat boot : noun military boot
As in leggings : noun gaiters

Example sentences :

It must be admitted, he has well earned his nickname 'Buskin.'
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

Who welcome with the crowing of a cock, This hero of the buskin and sock.
Extract from : « Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. » by Pierce Egan

But Buskin only muttered to herself, rubbed her elbow, and went quickly on.
Extract from : « Susan » by Amy Walton

Here there were only two rooms, one for Buskin, the maid-servant, and the other unfurnished.
Extract from : « Susan » by Amy Walton

We virgins of Tyre are wont to carry a quiver and to wear a buskin of purple.
Extract from : « Stories from Virgil » by Alfred J. Church

He sent The Yellow Buskin and was awarded a second-class medal.
Extract from : « The Life of James McNeill Whistler » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

I know his philosophies, and just why he adores Buskin and disagrees with Bernard Shaw.
Extract from : « Rainy Week » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Shiver my hulk, Mr. Buskin, if you wore a lion's skin, I'd curry you for this.
Extract from : « Wild Oats » by John O'Keeffe

Cf. Il Penseroso, 102: "the buskin'd stage;" that is, the tragic stage.
Extract from : « Select Poems of Thomas Gray » by Thomas Gray

And when I questioned her, I found that they wore what might well be some kind of buskin.
Extract from : « The Trembling of the Veil » by William Butler Yeats

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