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scarpines

scarpines noun: an instrument of torture resembling the boot.

Noun

scarpines pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) An instrument of torture resembling the boot.

Origin of scarpines

From French escarpins (“shoes”).

Questions about scarpines

What does scarpines mean?
Scarpines means an instrument of torture resembling the boot.
What part of speech is scarpines?
Scarpines is a noun.

Words near scarpines in the dictionary

  1. scarpes
  2. scarph
  3. scarphed
  4. scarphing
  5. scarphs
  6. scarpines
  7. scarping
  8. scarpings
  9. Scarpino
  10. Scarpinos
  11. scarpland

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