Definition of buskin in English:

buskin

noun ˈbʌskɪnˈbəskən

historical

1A calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather.
Example sentencesExamples
- Headdresses were extravagantly plumed helmets or crowns fusing baroque and classical styles, and the masquers were shod in tightly fitting short boots, or buskins.
- Buskins are presumed by Strutt to have resembled "the shoes of the carpenter's wife in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," which the poet says 'were laced high upon her legs'.
- She wears a corslet and buskins of scale-mail, which latter her robe discloses.
- Buskins of scarlet or purple were worn by the Roman generals who triumphed.
- Now she was vested for the anointing; buskins, sandals and girdle put on, and over all a tabard of white sarsnet, the vestment called the colobium sindonis.
1. 1.1 A thick-soled laced boot worn by an ancient Athenian tragic actor to gain height.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Consequently I may have used evidence for the Greek buskin which belonged to the Roman cotzhurnus.
  Superficially, the play follows The Tempest's plot-line and uses Philoctetes’ setting, but this isn't just Shakespeare in Greek buskins.
  The buskin was used by actors when playing tragedy, its high raised sole making the player more conspicuous
  The women's gowns were ol white silk or sott-wool, trimmed with Greek borders, with clasps, buskins, and all complete.
  Synonyms
  gumboot, wellington, wader, walking boot, riding boot, field boot, jackboot, thigh boot, half-boot, ankle boot, pixie boot, chelsea boot, balmoral, desert boot, moon boot, snow boot
2. 1.2the buskin The style or spirit of tragic drama.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Does the buskin fit ONeill?
  The two books under review do get rid of the buskin and aureole.
  In France, tragedy was elevated on her loftiest buskin.

Derivatives

buskined

adjective ˈbʌskɪndˈbəsk(ə)nd

historical

Below the knee his legs were naked, ending in a buskined moccasin, that fitted tightly round the ankle.
Example sentencesExamples
- I just hope that the Bishops’ conferences won't drag their buskined feet over it, hoping that Pope Benedict will conveniently die, and the whole project be dropped.
- All the other comic writers of antiquity aim only at rendering folly or vice ridiculous, but never exalt their characters into buskined pomp, or make what Voltaire humorously calls a tradesman's tragedy.
- Again did my mistress’ needs drag me from these labours, and the buskined poet by Cupid was undone.
- There was also a cope of exquisite grey silk on which was woven a female figure with buskined legs, wearing a short sky-blue tunic and the red Phrygian cap.

Origin

Early 16th century (designating a calf-length boot): probably from Old French bouzequin, variant of brousequin, from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown ultimate origin.

Rhymes

Ruskin

Definition of buskin in US English:

buskin

nounˈbəskənˈbəskən

historical

1A calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather.
Example sentencesExamples
- Buskins of scarlet or purple were worn by the Roman generals who triumphed.
- Headdresses were extravagantly plumed helmets or crowns fusing baroque and classical styles, and the masquers were shod in tightly fitting short boots, or buskins.
- She wears a corslet and buskins of scale-mail, which latter her robe discloses.
- Now she was vested for the anointing; buskins, sandals and girdle put on, and over all a tabard of white sarsnet, the vestment called the colobium sindonis.
- Buskins are presumed by Strutt to have resembled "the shoes of the carpenter's wife in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," which the poet says 'were laced high upon her legs'.
1. 1.1 A thick-soled laced boot worn by an ancient Athenian tragic actor to gain height.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The buskin was used by actors when playing tragedy, its high raised sole making the player more conspicuous
  The women's gowns were ol white silk or sott-wool, trimmed with Greek borders, with clasps, buskins, and all complete.
  Superficially, the play follows The Tempest's plot-line and uses Philoctetes’ setting, but this isn't just Shakespeare in Greek buskins.
  Consequently I may have used evidence for the Greek buskin which belonged to the Roman cotzhurnus.
  Synonyms
  gumboot, wellington, wader, walking boot, riding boot, field boot, jackboot, thigh boot, half-boot, ankle boot, pixie boot, chelsea boot, balmoral, desert boot, moon boot, snow boot
2. 1.2the buskin The style or spirit of tragic drama.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The two books under review do get rid of the buskin and aureole.
  In France, tragedy was elevated on her loftiest buskin.
  Does the buskin fit ONeill?

Origin

Early 16th century (designating a calf-length boot): probably from Old French bouzequin, variant of brousequin, from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown ultimate origin.

单词	buskin
释义	Definition of buskin in English: buskin noun ˈbʌskɪnˈbəskən historical 1A calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather. Example sentencesExamples Headdresses were extravagantly plumed helmets or crowns fusing baroque and classical styles, and the masquers were shod in tightly fitting short boots, or buskins. Buskins are presumed by Strutt to have resembled "the shoes of the carpenter's wife in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," which the poet says 'were laced high upon her legs'. She wears a corslet and buskins of scale-mail, which latter her robe discloses. Buskins of scarlet or purple were worn by the Roman generals who triumphed. Now she was vested for the anointing; buskins, sandals and girdle put on, and over all a tabard of white sarsnet, the vestment called the colobium sindonis. 1.1 A thick-soled laced boot worn by an ancient Athenian tragic actor to gain height. Example sentencesExamples Consequently I may have used evidence for the Greek buskin which belonged to the Roman cotzhurnus. Superficially, the play follows The Tempest's plot-line and uses Philoctetes’ setting, but this isn't just Shakespeare in Greek buskins. The buskin was used by actors when playing tragedy, its high raised sole making the player more conspicuous The women's gowns were ol white silk or sott-wool, trimmed with Greek borders, with clasps, buskins, and all complete. Synonyms gumboot, wellington, wader, walking boot, riding boot, field boot, jackboot, thigh boot, half-boot, ankle boot, pixie boot, chelsea boot, balmoral, desert boot, moon boot, snow boot 1.2the buskin The style or spirit of tragic drama. Example sentencesExamples Does the buskin fit ONeill? The two books under review do get rid of the buskin and aureole. In France, tragedy was elevated on her loftiest buskin. Derivatives buskined adjective ˈbʌskɪndˈbəsk(ə)nd historical Below the knee his legs were naked, ending in a buskined moccasin, that fitted tightly round the ankle. Example sentencesExamples I just hope that the Bishops’ conferences won't drag their buskined feet over it, hoping that Pope Benedict will conveniently die, and the whole project be dropped. All the other comic writers of antiquity aim only at rendering folly or vice ridiculous, but never exalt their characters into buskined pomp, or make what Voltaire humorously calls a tradesman's tragedy. Again did my mistress’ needs drag me from these labours, and the buskined poet by Cupid was undone. There was also a cope of exquisite grey silk on which was woven a female figure with buskined legs, wearing a short sky-blue tunic and the red Phrygian cap. Origin Early 16th century (designating a calf-length boot): probably from Old French bouzequin, variant of brousequin, from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown ultimate origin. Rhymes Ruskin Definition of buskin in US English: buskin nounˈbəskənˈbəskən historical 1A calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather. Example sentencesExamples Buskins of scarlet or purple were worn by the Roman generals who triumphed. Headdresses were extravagantly plumed helmets or crowns fusing baroque and classical styles, and the masquers were shod in tightly fitting short boots, or buskins. She wears a corslet and buskins of scale-mail, which latter her robe discloses. Now she was vested for the anointing; buskins, sandals and girdle put on, and over all a tabard of white sarsnet, the vestment called the colobium sindonis. Buskins are presumed by Strutt to have resembled "the shoes of the carpenter's wife in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," which the poet says 'were laced high upon her legs'. 1.1 A thick-soled laced boot worn by an ancient Athenian tragic actor to gain height. Example sentencesExamples The buskin was used by actors when playing tragedy, its high raised sole making the player more conspicuous The women's gowns were ol white silk or sott-wool, trimmed with Greek borders, with clasps, buskins, and all complete. Superficially, the play follows The Tempest's plot-line and uses Philoctetes’ setting, but this isn't just Shakespeare in Greek buskins. Consequently I may have used evidence for the Greek buskin which belonged to the Roman cotzhurnus. Synonyms gumboot, wellington, wader, walking boot, riding boot, field boot, jackboot, thigh boot, half-boot, ankle boot, pixie boot, chelsea boot, balmoral, desert boot, moon boot, snow boot 1.2the buskin The style or spirit of tragic drama. Example sentencesExamples The two books under review do get rid of the buskin and aureole. In France, tragedy was elevated on her loftiest buskin. Does the buskin fit ONeill? Origin Early 16th century (designating a calf-length boot): probably from Old French bouzequin, variant of brousequin, from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown ultimate origin.
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