babouchen.

Brit.

/bəˈbuːʃ/, U.S.

/bəˈbuʃ/

Forms: 1600s baboushe, 1600s– babouche, 1800s baboosh.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French babouche, papouche.

Etymology: < French babouche (1671; 1600 as †babuc ), variant of papouche papoosh n., after Ottoman Turkish babuç (16th cent. or earlier), variant of pabuç (compare discussion of variation in the initial consonant at pasha n. and bashaw n.). Compare earlier papoosh n. Compare also pampootie n., and see discussion at that entry.

A North African or Middle Eastern slipper, typically heelless and made of soft leather. Cf. papoosh n.

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papoosh1675

babouche1695

Turkish slipper1865

1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon Present State Morocco 90 They have Shooes, or rather Slippers, without Heel's, call'd Baboushes [Fr. Babouches].

1735 J. Morgan tr. P. de la Motte Voy. Barbary 116 His Leggs bare and crossed, his Feet out of his Babouches, or Slippers, seated on a fine Persian Carpet.

1754 tr. A. Le Camus Abdeker i. x. 35 The Foot, bound up in a narrow Babouche from Infancy, becomes so pretty that it excites Desires in a Man, though he be not in the least amorous.

1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess I. iii. 45 Babouches, or slippers, covered with gold embroidery, were on my feet.

1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Oct. 389/1 Closely muffled, they divest themselves of their burnouses and babouches in an ante-room.

1909 R. Hichens Bella Donna vii. 70 He looked down to the red carpet on which his bare feet were set in their red babouches.

1963 D. Kurzman Subversion of Innocents ii. xi. 275 Cobblers fashion babouches from wrinkled leather brought by camel caravan via the Khyber Pass from Peshawar, Pakistan.

2006 New Yorker 16 Oct. 110/3 He wears floppy babouches at home.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	babouche
释义	babouchen. Brit. /bəˈbuːʃ/, U.S. /bəˈbuʃ/ Forms: 1600s baboushe, 1600s– babouche, 1800s baboosh. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French babouche, papouche. Etymology: < French babouche (1671; 1600 as †babuc ), variant of papouche papoosh n., after Ottoman Turkish babuç (16th cent. or earlier), variant of pabuç (compare discussion of variation in the initial consonant at pasha n. and bashaw n.). Compare earlier papoosh n. Compare also pampootie n., and see discussion at that entry. A North African or Middle Eastern slipper, typically heelless and made of soft leather. Cf. papoosh n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper > Turkish or Oriental papoosh1675 babouche1695 Turkish slipper1865 1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon Present State Morocco 90 They have Shooes, or rather Slippers, without Heel's, call'd Baboushes [Fr. Babouches]. 1735 J. Morgan tr. P. de la Motte Voy. Barbary 116 His Leggs bare and crossed, his Feet out of his Babouches, or Slippers, seated on a fine Persian Carpet. 1754 tr. A. Le Camus Abdeker i. x. 35 The Foot, bound up in a narrow Babouche from Infancy, becomes so pretty that it excites Desires in a Man, though he be not in the least amorous. 1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess I. iii. 45 Babouches, or slippers, covered with gold embroidery, were on my feet. 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Oct. 389/1 Closely muffled, they divest themselves of their burnouses and babouches in an ante-room. 1909 R. Hichens Bella Donna vii. 70 He looked down to the red carpet on which his bare feet were set in their red babouches. 1963 D. Kurzman Subversion of Innocents ii. xi. 275 Cobblers fashion babouches from wrinkled leather brought by camel caravan via the Khyber Pass from Peshawar, Pakistan. 2006 New Yorker 16 Oct. 110/3 He wears floppy babouches at home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1695
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