buskin
- (historical) A soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.
- A pontifical vestment in the form of a silk stocking, sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold thread, reaching to the base of the knee and worn over one’s regular socks but under episcopal sandals.
- (historical) A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.
- (broadly) Tragic drama; tragedy.
- An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbʌskɪn/
Etymology
In summary
Apparently from Old French bousequin, variant of brousequin (compare modern French brodequin), probably from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown origin.
half boot
desert boot
top boot
κόθορνος
trajedi
مأساة
catàstrofe
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