/ gəˈlɒʃɪz; NAmE -ˈlɑːʃ-/ noun
[ pl. ] rubber shoes (no longer very common) that are worn over normal shoes in wet weather :
a pair of galoshes
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (denoting a type of clog): via Old French from late Latin gallicula , diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) Gallic (shoe). The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.