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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bus•kin (bus′kin),USA pronunciation n. - Clothinga thick-soled, laced boot or half boot.
- Antiquity, Clothing, Show BusinessAlso called cothurnus. the high, thick-soled shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman tragedians.
- Clothing buskins, stockings decorated with gold thread worn by a bishop at a Pontifical Mass.
- Show Businesstragic drama;
tragedy. Cf. sock1 (def. 3). - Show Businessthe art of acting, esp. tragic acting.
- Clothinga woman's low-cut shoe with elastic gores at the sides of the instep, popular in the early 20th century.
- probably alteration of Middle French bro(u)sequin, of uncertain origin, originally 1495–1505
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: buskin /ˈbʌskɪn/ n - (formerly) a sandal-like covering for the foot and leg, reaching the calf and usually laced
- Also called: cothurnus a thick-soled laced half boot resembling this, worn esp by actors of ancient Greece
- the buskin ⇒ chiefly literary tragic drama
Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps from Spanish borzeguí; related to Old French bouzequin, Italian borzacchino, of obscure origin |