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buskin
English
Etymology
Apparently from Old French bousequin, variant of brousequin (compare modern French brodequin), probably from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?sk?n/
Noun
buskin (plural buskins)
- (historical) A half-boot.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.6:
- She, having hong upon a bough on high / Her bow and painted quiver, had unlaste / Her silver buskins from her nimble thigh […]
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 143:
- With this knife also, he will joynt a Deere, or any beast, shape his shooes, buskins, mantels, etc.
- 1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, Penguin 1998, p. 248:
- Alexius was acclaimed with the imperial titles and formally shod with the purple buskins, embroidered in gold with the double-headed eagles of Byzantium [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.6:
- (historical) A type of half-boot with a high heel, worn by the ancient Athenian tragic actors.
- (by extension) Tragic drama; tragedy.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 148 ?ISBN
- Such an undertaking by no means benefits the low-heeled buskin of modern fiction.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 148 ?ISBN
- An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.
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busking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?sk??/
Verb
busking
- present participle of busk
Noun
busking (plural buskings)
- (obsolete) Clothing; dress; ornaments worn.
Anagrams
- kubings, subking
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