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crackow

crackow noun: a type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike.

Noun

crackow (plural crackows)

  1. A type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike.
    • The crackows or piked shoes of Richard II. were rivalled in absurdity by the sleeves which came into fashion in the beginning of his successor’s reign, […]1827, Emma Roberts, Memoirs of the rival houses of York and Lancaster, volume I, Harding and Lepard, page 242
  2. The pike on this shoe.
    Synonyms:
    poulaine

Synonyms of crackow

Forms of crackow

pluralcrackows
alternative formcracow
alternative formcrakow
alternative formcrackowe

Origin of crackow

Inherited from Middle English crakou, crawcow, named after Cracow in Poland, where they were first worn in the 14th century.

Questions about crackow

What does crackow mean?
Crackow means a type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike.
What part of speech is crackow?
Crackow is a noun.
What is the plural of crackow?
The plural of crackow is crackows.

Words near crackow in the dictionary

  1. Cracknell
  2. cracknels
  3. crackness
  4. cracknut
  5. cracknuts
  6. crackow
  7. crackowe
  8. crackowes
  9. crackows
  10. crackpipe
  11. crackpipes

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