galosh

or ga·loshe, go·losh

[guh-losh]

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noun

a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.

Origin of galosh

1325–75; Middle English < Old French galoche, of obscure origin

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Related Words for galoshes

footwear, oxford, brogan, galoshes, waders, mukluk

Examples from the Web for galoshes

Contemporary Examples of galoshes

He listened, a little confused, trying to catch up, while he pulled off his galoshes to reveal tan suede moccasin boots.
The Stacks: The Day ‘The Big Lebowski’ Came to Life
Alex Belth
July 26, 2014

Historical Examples of galoshes

But it was the galoshes of Manhattan that saved his feet from freezing.
The Crimson Tide
Robert W. Chambers
Miss Burt in galoshes and with a wrap over her head was coming up the garden.
The Invader
Margaret L. Woods
Perhaps I'd better send him one for Christmas instead of a pair of galoshes.
The Idiot at Home
John Kendrick Bangs
There are tracks on the little porch, my dear girl, not made by your galoshes.
Where There's A Will
Mary Roberts Rinehart
"I believe her galoshes are in the passage outside her door," he said, and hurried after her.
Look Back on Happiness
Knut Hamsun

British Dictionary definitions for galoshes

galoshes

goloshes

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

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.