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Definition of Galoshe
1. n. Same as Galoche.
Definition of Galoshe
1. Noun. (obsolete) A clog or patten. ¹
2. Noun. Hence, an overshoe worn in wet weather. ¹
3. Noun. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Galoshe
1. galosh [n -S] - See also: galosh
Medical Definition of Galoshe
1. 1. A clog or patten. "Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche." (Chaucer) 2. Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather. 3. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg. Origin: OE. Galoche, galache, galage, shoe, F. Galoche galoche, perh. Altered fr. L. Gallica a Gallic shoe, or fr. LL. Calopedia wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr, dim. Of, a shoemaker's last; wood + foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galoshe
Literary usage of Galoshe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Almack's: A Novel by Charles White, Marianne Spencer (Stanhope) Hudson (1827)
"This was followed by a lor. and learned discourse upon pork soles and galoshe.v their
infinite convenience and general use, either for boots or shoes; ..."
2. Plymouth Memories of an Octogenarian by William Thomas Davis (1906)
"After its introduction into France, where it was called patin, the English galoshe
became patten, but as if to revenge itself against the usurper, ..."
3. A Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh, Jane Austen (1906)
"First it dropped its iron ring and became a clog; afterwards it was fined down
into the pliant galoshe—lighter to wear and more effectual to protect—a no ..."
4. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1891)
"... (F. peluche); shagreen (F. chagrin). The old galoche, which, in Chaucer, Squi.
Ta. 555, rimes with approche, has become galoshe, ..."
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