buskin

A Buskin is a knee- or calf-length boot made of leather or cloth which laces closed, but is open across the toes. It was worn by Athenian tragic actors, hunters and soldiers in Ancient Greek, Etruscan and Roman societies. The word buskin, only recorded in English since 1503 meaning "half boot," is of unknown origin, perhaps from Old French brousequin (in modern French brodequin) or directly from its Middle Dutch model brosekin "small leather boot." Figurative senses relating to tragedy are from the word being used (since 1570) to translate Greek kothurnus, the high, thick-soled boot worn in Athenian tragedy; contrasted with sock, the low shoe worn by comedians. It is also used as a name of a torturing device used in the Middle Ages: the boot.
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buskin
\bus"kin\ (&?;), n. [prob. from of. brossequin, or d. broosken. see brodekin.]
1. a strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg. the hunted red deer's undressed hide their hairy buskins well supplied. w. scott.
2. a similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient greece and rome. used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy. great fletcher never treads in buskins here, no greater jonson dares in socks appear.
buskin
n : a boot reaching halfway up to the knee [syn: chukka boot, combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot]