buskined
[ buhs-kind ]
adjective
wearing buskins.
resembling or pertaining to tragic drama.
Origin of buskined
1Other words from buskined
- un·bus·kined, adjective
Words Nearby buskined
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How to use buskined in a sentence
Below the knee his legs were naked, ending in a buskined moccasin, that fitted tightly round the ankle.
The Scalp Hunters | Mayne ReidBehind these men is a buskined hero, beset by a Marshalsea Court officer and his follower.
The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings | John TruslerCothurnata means buskined; from corthunus, a high shoe or buskin worn by actors.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise | M. E. Hard
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