Definitions For Galoshe

Noun

GALOSHE (plural GALOSHEs) (obsolete) A clog or patten. : Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche. - Chaucer. Hence, an overshoe worn in wet weather. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.

Translations

Danish: galoche, c French: Claque, f German: Galosche, f Swedish: galosch, c

References

{{R:Webster 1913}}

Alternative forms

galoche, galosh

Etymology

From Middle English galoche, galache, galage, , shoe, from {{der, en, fro, galoche}}, perhaps altered from {{der, en, la, gallica}} (meaning a gallic shoe), or from {{der, en, LL., calopedia, , a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole}}, from an {{der, en, grc, -}} diminutive of καλόπους, , a shoemaker's last; wood + foot.