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chopine

[ choh-peen, chop-in ]
/ tʃoʊˈpin, ˈtʃɒp ɪn /

noun

a shoe having a thick sole, usually of cork, suggesting a short stilt, worn especially by women in 18th-century Europe after its introduction from Turkey.

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Also chop·in [chop-in] /ˈtʃɒp ɪn/ .

Origin of chopine

1570–80; <Spanish chapín, equivalent to chap(a) (<Middle French chape chape) + -in -in1

Words nearby chopine

chopblock, chop-chop, chopfallen, chophouse, chopin, chopine, Chopin, Frédéric, choplogic, chop mark, chopped, chopped liver
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Example sentences from the Web for chopine

  • One of the greatest follies ever introduced was the chopine, a sort of stilt which increased the height of the wearer.

    The Evolution of Fashion|Florence Mary Gardiner

  • By-'r-lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine.56 You are welcome.

    Hamlet|William Shakespeare

British Dictionary definitions for chopine

chopine

chopin (ˈtʃɒpɪn)

/ (tʃɒˈpiːn) /

noun

a sandal-like shoe on tall wooden or cork bases popular in the 18th century

Word Origin for chopine

C16: from Old Spanish chapín, probably imitative of the sound made by the shoe when walking
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