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Definitions of buskin in various dictionaries:
noun - a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
A foot and leg covering reaching halfway to the knee, resembling a laced half boot.
A thick-soled laced half boot worn by actors of Greek and Roman tragedies.
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| a calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather. |
| a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
| A calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather. |
| A foot and leg covering reaching halfway to the knee, resembling a laced half boot. |
| A thick-soled laced half boot worn by actors of Greek and Roman tragedies. |
| Tragedy, especially that which resembles a Greek tragedy. |
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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 kothornos (Greek: ) or Latin cothurnus, the high, thick-soled boot worn in Athenian tragedy; contrasted with sock (from Latin soccus), the low shoe worn by comedians. * Byzantine emperors were formally clad in purple buskins, embroidered in gold with double-headed eagles. |