cho·pine 
(chō-pēn, chŏ-, chŏpĭn)
(chō-pēn, chŏ-, chŏpĭn)n.
A woman's shoe worn in the 1500s and 1600s that featured a very high, thick sole.
[Obsolete French chapin, from Old Spanish, from chapa, plate, covering, from Old French; see CHAPE.]