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buskin
[ buhs-kin ]
noun
- a thick-soled, laced boot or half boot.
- Also called cothurnus. the high, thick-soled shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman tragedians.
- buskins, stockings decorated with gold thread worn by a bishop at a Pontifical Mass.
- tragic drama; tragedy. Compare sock 1( def 3 ).
- the art of acting, especially tragic acting.
- a woman's low-cut shoe with elastic gores at the sides of the instep, popular in the early 20th century.
buskin
/ ˈ²úÊŒ²õ°ìɪ²Ô /
noun
- (formerly) a sandal-like covering for the foot and leg, reaching the calf and usually laced
- Also calledcothurnus a thick-soled laced half boot resembling this, worn esp by actors of ancient Greece
- the buskin literary.tragic drama
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of buskin1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of buskin1
Example Sentences
She traced her fingers over the sock and buskin masks—one sad, tragic face and one happy, comedic one—waiting for the door to open.
Her little feet, true realizations of the typical Andalusian or Chinese foot, and which would have been lost in Cinderella's glass slippers, were shod with half-antique buskins of a tender lilac color, sprinkled with pearls.
He will have no flowing or trailing vestments; no "Attic buskins," no "Persian sandals."
Attired with theatrical buskins, a Phrygian cap and a blue chlamys over a transparent tunic, she was taken to the foot of the altar and seated there.
A lion's head for a cap, a collar, and buskins are the sole articles of dress worn.
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