cothurn
- a variation of cothurnus.
Example Sentences
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Then with the toe of his cothurn he pushed the things which fell out back towards the flame so that nothing might be left.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
They made up their minds not to "locate"; packed up barbiton and phorminx, mask and cothurn, took the first ship bound to Europe, and quietly sailed away.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
The following couplet may serve as a specimen of their eulogies: "At length Israel's muse assumes the tragic cothurn, And happily wends her way through the metre's mazes."
From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav
With the tip of his cothurn he pushed forward a carpet beneath his head.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
