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chaussure

American  
[shoh-syr] / ʃoʊˈsür /

noun

French.

plural

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


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Their chaussure consisted of kid skins round their legs, with most extraordinary shoes or sandals, which had no shape whatever, and did not adapt themselves to the form; the consequence was that they could not walk, and they fought entirely on their wretched horses.

From Project Gutenberg

La chaussure est tr�s-capricieuse; soulier, botte et sandale foulent successivement le pav�.

From Project Gutenberg

Il y a des souliers de tout cuir et de tout �ge dans ces tr�sors de la chaussure; on y trouverait des cothurnes de l'an 500 de la r�publique, en cherchant bien.

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Chaussure′, a general name for boots and shoes.

From Project Gutenberg

This was fully evidenced by his threadbare coat and chafed chaussure, as he trudged afoot along the dusty road of the Romagna.

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