1) Chopines 2) Medieval costume 3) Platform 4) Platforms 5) Shoe
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/chopine
1) Chopines 2) Platforms 3) Shoe
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/chopine
A chopine is a type of women`s platform shoe that was popular in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Chopines were originally used as a patten, clog, or overshoe to protect the shoes and dress from mud and street soil. Chopines were popularly worn in Venice by both courtesans and patrician women from ca. 1400-1700. Besides their practical uses, th....
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopine
• (n.) A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more.
Found on
http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/chopine/
Cho·pine' noun [ Confer Old French
chapin ,
escapin , Spanish
chapin , Portuguese
chapim .] A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [ Variously spelt
chioppine ,
chopin , etc.] « ...
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/71
A chopine was a type of 16th century platform shoe which was raised above the ground by a cork sole. The chopine was introduced to England from Venice during the reign of Elizabeth I, and became fashionable among the court ladies, the height of the chopine being regarded as a mark of rank for the wearer, and some rising as much as 45 centimetres. T...
Found on
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/PC.HTM
[
n] - a woman`s shoe with a very high thick sole
Found on
http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=chopine
French gauge block (also Chaupine, Chopaine) for liquids. The volume corresponded to 476.073 millilitres. That was a 1/72 cubic king's foot (Pied de Roi). Chopine has a close connection with Schoppen (see in detail there). This was originally a Low German word, borrowed into French and from there backed into Upper German. See also a complete l...
Found on
https://glossary.wein.plus/chopine
noun a woman`s shoe with a very high thick sole
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
a shoe having a thick sole, usually of cork, suggesting a short stilt, worn esp. by women in 18th-century Europe after its introduction from Turkey.
Found on
https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/chopine
No exact match found.
