CHOPINE


Meaning of CHOPINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ shä-ˈpēn, chä- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French chapin, from Old Spanish

Date: 1577

: a woman's shoe of the 16th and 17th centuries with a very high sole designed to increase stature and protect the feet from mud and dirt

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