blucher
a strong, leather half boot.
a shoe having the vamp and tongue made of one piece and overlapped by the quarters, which lace across the instep.
Origin of blucher
1Other definitions for Blücher (2 of 2)
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 DickensA pair of old bluchers was on one side of the door, and a large red watering-can on the other.
The Garden Party | Katherine MansfieldPerhaps some person or persons here may wonder why we should not send out side-springs and bluchers, as well as top-boots.
Humorous Readings and Recitations | VariousAs 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)
/ (ˈbluːkə, -tʃə) /
obsolete a high shoe with laces over the tongue
Origin of blucher
1British Dictionary definitions for Blücher (2 of 2)
/ (German ˈblyçər) /
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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