chaussure

[ shoh-syr ]

noun

, French.

, plural chaus·sures [shoh-, syr].

1. any foot covering, as a shoe or boot; footwear.

Example Sentences

This is the true Parisian manner—this is the prettiest little foot in the room, and the prettiest little chaussure, too.

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The ordinary chaussure is red boots with very high heels and generally much too short.

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Nevertheless, neither Bombastes nor Dalgetty could have clung more obstinately to this favorite chaussure than did I to mine.

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My chaussure was sadly against me—thin-soled boots, which doubled under me.

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I identified them at a glance; and saw, moreover, that the feet of both the fugitives were encased in the same cheap chaussure.

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