blucher

[ bloo-ker, -cher ]

noun
  1. a strong, leather half boot.

  2. a shoe having the vamp and tongue made of one piece and overlapped by the quarters, which lace across the instep.

Origin of blucher

1
First recorded in 1825–35; named after G. L. von Blücher

Other definitions for Blücher (2 of 2)

Blücher
[ bloo-ker, -cher; German bly-khuhr ]

noun
  1. Geb·hart Le·be·recht von [gep-hahrt ley-buh-rekht fuhn], /ˈgɛp hɑrt ˈleɪ bəˌrɛxt fən/, 1742–1819, Prussian field marshal.

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How to use blucher in a sentence

  • Altogether he was as roystering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four feet six in his bluchers.

    The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
  • He was altogether as roystering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four feet six, or something less, in his bluchers.

    Oliver Twist, Vol. I (of 3) | Charles Dickens
  • A pair of old bluchers was on one side of the door, and a large red watering-can on the other.

    The Garden Party | Katherine Mansfield
  • Perhaps some person or persons here may wonder why we should not send out side-springs and bluchers, as well as top-boots.

  • As he pattered down the stairs in his stiff, new Bluchers, he could not help wishing that Stehman had come a little earlier.

    Princeton Stories | Jesse Lynch Williams

British Dictionary definitions for blucher (1 of 2)

blucher

/ (ˈbluːkə, -tʃə) /


noun
  1. obsolete a high shoe with laces over the tongue

Origin of blucher

1
C19: named after Field Marshal Blücher

British Dictionary definitions for Blücher (2 of 2)

Blücher

/ (German ˈblyçər) /


noun
  1. Gebhard Leberecht von (ˈɡɛphart ˈleːbərɛçt fɔn). 1742–1819, Prussian field marshal, who commanded the Prussian army against Napoleon at Waterloo (1815)

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