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‖ chaussure|ʃoˈsyr|
In 4 (erron.) chauceore, 5–6 chawcer, 7 chauceur.
[F. chaussure, in 13th c. chauceure, ‘a hosing or shooing; also, hosen or shooes’ (Cotgr.):—L. *calceātūra, f. calceāre to shoe, f. calceus shoe. Formerly naturalized; now treated as mod.French.]
A general term for anything worn on the feet; shoes, boots, etc. (In quot. 1380 = hose of mail.)
c1380Sir Ferumb. 5631 Ac ȝut þe strok ys ferþer wente..And ful opon ys genyllere, & bar away ys chauceore, Of yre & styl y-mad. c1430Bennet College MS. Mark i. 7 (R.) Of whom I am not worthi downfallande or knelande to louse the thwonge of his chawcers. 1461–83Liber Niger Edw. IV in Househ. Ord. (1790) 29 Clothing and chawcers for his groomes in sojourne. 1601F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edw. II (1876) 26 For chauceur, the whol yere iiijs. viiid. 1817Keatinge Trav. I. 256 Those..leave their chaussure at the palace gate. 1850Thackeray Pendennis xxvi, The prettiest little foot..and the prettiest little chaussure, too. 1866Howells Venet. Life ii. 29 That unfriendly chaussure [wooden shoes]. |