clog

Signification (English)

1. A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
2. A blockage.
3. (colloquial) A shoe of any type.
4. A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
5. That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.

boucher

Geta

se boucher

geta

couvre-chaussure

wooden shoe

clog dancing

stop dog

stopping up

wooden shoes

be obstructed

retaining device

blind plug

dog driver

limit stop

plugging-up

scotch block

cuffey

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/klɒɡ/

Inherited from moyen anglais

clog

In summary

Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps of North Germanic origin and derived from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, mass, clasp”); compare Old Norse klugu, klogo (“knotty tree log”), Dutch klomp.