Galosh

//ɡəˈlɒʃ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather:; A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow. British
  2. 2
    a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow wordnet
  3. 3
    An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather:; A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions. US
  4. 4
    A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.
Verb
  1. 1
    To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about. intransitive

    "My mother, at the age of seventeen, took them on single-handed, galoshing her way through the mud with bundles of tracts, not necessarily religious but always uplifting, and generous supplies of calves' foot jelly."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“shoe with a wooden sole”), but further history is uncertain. further theories * From Vulgar Latin *galopium or Late Latin calopedia (“a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole”), from Ancient Greek κᾱλοπόδιον (kālopódion), diminutive of κᾱλόπους (kālópous, “shoemaker's block”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”). (More at holt and foot.) * From Late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) (“Gallic (sandal)”). * From Old French galette (“flat round cake”), from galet (“pebble”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“shoe with a wooden sole”), but further history is uncertain. further theories * From Vulgar Latin *galopium or Late Latin calopedia (“a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole”), from Ancient Greek κᾱλοπόδιον (kālopódion), diminutive of κᾱλόπους (kālópous, “shoemaker's block”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”). (More at holt and foot.) * From Late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) (“Gallic (sandal)”). * From Old French galette (“flat round cake”), from galet (“pebble”).

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