Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A buskin or half-boot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A buskin or half-boot.
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- noun Alternative form of
brodequin .
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Examples
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She took her foot, which this time submitted, and, like a woman about to put on her brodekin, she adjusted it to her leg with great dexterity.
Humorous Ghost Stories Dorothy Scarborough 1906
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