chaussure
[ shoh-syr ]
noun,plural chaus·sures [shoh-syr]. /ʃoʊˈsür/. French.
any foot covering, as a shoe or boot; footwear.
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How to use chaussure in a sentence
This is the true Parisian manner—this is the prettiest little foot in the room, and the prettiest little chaussure, too.
A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 | William Makepeace ThackerayThe ordinary chaussure is red boots with very high heels and generally much too short.
Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century | W. H. Davenport AdamsNevertheless, neither Bombastes nor Dalgetty could have clung more obstinately to this favorite chaussure than did I to mine.
Border and Bastille | George A. LawrenceMy chaussure was sadly against me—thin-soled boots, which doubled under me.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 | VariousI identified them at a glance; and saw, moreover, that the feet of both the fugitives were encased in the same cheap chaussure.
The Wild Huntress | Mayne Reid
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