Crackow

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike.

    "The crackows or piked shoes of Richard II. were rivalled in absurdity by the sleeves which came into fashion in the beginning of his successor’s reign, […]"

  2. 2
    The pike on this shoe.

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poulainepoulaine

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"The crackows or piked shoes of Richard II. were rivalled in absurdity by the sleeves which came into fashion in the beginning of his successor’s reign, […]"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English crakou, crawcow, named after Cracow in Poland, where they were first worn in the 14th century.

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