Chopine

//tʃəʊˈpiːn// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
  2. 2
    a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole wordnet
  3. 3
    A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries. historical

    "Byrlady your Ladyſhip is neerer Heauen then when I ſaw you laſt, by the altitude of a Choppine."

Etymology

Borrowed from French chopine, diminutive of chope + -ine. Doublet of chopin.

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