galosh

Meaning

Noun

1. (British) An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather:
2. (US) An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather:
3. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.

Verb

To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about.

Synonyms

overshoe

golosh

gumshoe

rubber

Arctic

arctic

boot

👢

gumboot

Wellington boot

Translations

galoscia

galoche

caloscia

Galosche

galocha

overschoen

caoutchouc

chanclo

galocha

galoş

galoche

Überschuh

Gummischuh

γαλότσα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəˈlɒʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: galoche

In summary

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”).