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galosh

or ga·loshe, go·losh

[ guh-losh ]
/ gəˈlɒʃ /
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noun

a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.

RELATED WORDS

footwear, oxford, brogan, waders, mukluk

Nearby words

  1. galofalo,
  2. galois theory,
  3. galoot,
  4. galop,
  5. galore,
  6. galoshes,
  7. gals.,
  8. galsworthy,
  9. galsworthy, john,
  10. galt

Origin of galosh

1325–75; Middle English < Old French galoche, of obscure origin
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British Dictionary definitions for galoshes

galoshes

goloshes

/ (ɡəˈlɒʃɪz) /

pl n

(sometimes singular) a pair of waterproof overshoes

Word Origin for galoshes

C14 (in the sense: wooden shoe): from Old French galoche, from Late Latin gallicula Gallic shoe
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Word Origin and History for galoshes

galoshes

n.

mid-14c., kind of footwear consisting of a wooden sole fastened onto the foot with leather thongs, perhaps from Old French galoche (singular), from Late Latin gallicula, diminutive of gallica (solea) "a Gallic (sandal)" [Klein]. Alternative etymology [Barnhart, Hatz.-Darm.] is from Vulgar Latin *galopia, from Greek kalopodion, diminutive of kalopous "shoemaker's last," from kalon "wood" + pous "foot" (see foot (n.)). The surname Galocher is attested from c.1300. Modern meaning "rubber covering of a boot or shoe" is from 1853.

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