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Webster 1913 Edition
Galoshe
Ga-loche′
,Ga-loshe′
[OE.
galoche
, galache
, galage
, shoe, F. galoche
galoche, perh. altered fr. L. gallica
a Gallic shoe, or fr. LL. calopedia
wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr. [GREEK], dim. of [GREEK], [GREEK], a shoemaker’s last; [GREEK] wood + [GREEK] foot.] 1.
A clog or patten.
[Obs.]
Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his
galoche
. Chaucer.
3.
A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.