galosh
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“shoe with a wooden sole”), but further history is uncertain.
further theories
- From Vulgar Latin *galopium or Late Latin calopedia (“a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole”), from Ancient Greek κᾱλοπόδιον (kālopódion), diminutive of κᾱλόπους (kālópous, “shoemaker's block”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”).[1] (More at holt and foot.)
- From Late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) (“Gallic (sandal)”).[2]
- From Old French galette (“flat round cake”), from galet (“pebble”).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]galosh (plural galoshes)
- An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather:
- (British) A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
- (US) A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.
- A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.
Alternative forms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (waterproof rubber boot): Wellington boot, gumboot
Translations
[edit]waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow
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See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]galosh (third-person singular simple present galoshes, present participle galoshing, simple past and past participle galoshed)
- (intransitive) To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about.
- 1979, Penelope Mortimer, About Time: An Aspect of Autobiography, page 36:
- My mother, at the age of seventeen, took them on single-handed, galoshing her way through the mud with bundles of tracts, not necessarily religious but always uplifting, and generous supplies of calves' foot jelly.
References
[edit]- ^ Barnhart, Robert and Steinmetz, Sol, editors (1988), “galosh”, in The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology[1], Bronxville, N.Y.: The H. W. Wilson Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 419, column 2.
- ^ Klein, Dr. Ernest (1966-1967), “galosh”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary Of The English Language[2], eighth impression, Amsterdam: Elsevier, published 2003, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 303, column 1.
- ^ Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, 2002.
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