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brodequin

brodequin noun: a buskin or half-boot.

Noun

brodequin (plural brodequins)

  1. (obsolete) A buskin or half-boot.
    • Then followed the young monarch and his chevaliers, dressed after the Roman fashion—the cuirass of gold, the robes of frosted silver, the brodequins wrought with gold and silver mixed; and the casques were of silver, with white plumes tipped with scarlet. All were masked; but the King was easily...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 133

Forms of brodequin

pluralbrodequins
alternative formbrodekin

Origin of brodequin

From French brodequin.

Questions about brodequin

What does brodequin mean?
Brodequin means a buskin or half-boot.
What part of speech is brodequin?
Brodequin is a noun.
What is the plural of brodequin?
The plural of brodequin is brodequins.

Words near brodequin in the dictionary

  1. brodekins
  2. Broden
  3. Brodens
  4. brodeo
  5. brodeos
  6. brodequin
  7. brodequins
  8. broderick
  9. Broderick Crawford
  10. Broderick Crawfords
  11. brodericked

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