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Woman's shoe with a stiltlike sole
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chopine
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n. 1 A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 liters of fluid, 1/3 the volume of a standard bottle 2 A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chopine \Cho*pine"\, n. [Cf. OF. chapin, escapin, Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim.] A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [Variously spelt chioppine , chopin , etc.] Your ladyship is nearer ...
WordNet
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n. a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole [syn: chopines , platform , platforms ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A chopine is a type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Chopines were originally used as a patten , clog , or overshoe to protect the shoes and dress from mud and street soil. Chopines were popularly worn in Venice ...
Usage examples of chopine.
Wearing a green damask kirtle, a bodice in the Tudor colours of green and white, heavily smbroidered with gold thread, a gem-encrusted French hood, and :hree-inch high chopines - wooden platform shoes - to increase her tieight and thus enable the people to see her, Jane walked in stately Drocession through the crowded Tower precincts to the main entrance :o the royal apartments, where the Marquess of Winchester waited with the Lieutenant of the Tower, Sir John Bridges, and a detachment af the Yeomen of the Guard to receive her.
Yestereve's snowfall and the warmth of today's sun had left the streets well-mired with melting muck At the present moment a pair of tall chopines would have greatly eased her dilemma.