PANTOFLE


Meaning of PANTOFLE in English

/pan"teuh feuhl, pan tof"euhl, -toh"feuhl, -tooh"-/ , n.

1. a slipper.

2. a cork-soled patten covering the forepart of the foot, worn in the 16th century.

Also, pantoffle .

[ 1485-95; earlier pantufle pantoufle pantofola pantóphellos cork shoe, lit., all-cork. See PANTO-, PHELLOGEN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .