poulaines

The shoes, dubbed "crackowes" or "poulaines" -- after Kraków, Poland -- were so long that a chain running from the toe to the knee was often required to keep them from dragging.

CNN.com 2012

Because both suitors are shown wearing pointy poulaines, the latest trend in footwear at the time, they're clearly rather well-off.

Fashion in Art 2008

Luckily, all this research into olden times is helping Scarlett Johansson in other ways – for instance, the first product out from the Scarlett Johansson Reebok line is going to be a pair of ergonomic curly-toed poulaines with air-cushioned soles.

Scarlett Johannson Officially Not Sex-Crazed Nutjob 2006

And took my Borges, Browning, and Baum and went to get some dinner at the Earth Mother. poulaines [1350-1480]

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

He was dressed in his best, an azure tunic with silver embroidery at the sleeves and collar, and on his feet poulaines, black deerskin shoes whose elongated toes came to points.

The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963

The excommunication inflicted on this kind of foot-gear preceded the impudent invention of some libertine, who wore _poulaines_ in the shape of the phallus, a custom adopted also by women.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Havelock Ellis 1899

As for the Hoxtonista styling, darling, so passé - in the 14th century, poulaines and wimples were the new black.

Film | guardian.co.uk 2009

Great lords and ladies continued, however, to wear _poulaines_. "

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Havelock Ellis 1899