overshoe

[oh-ver-shoo]

noun

a shoe or boot usually worn over another for protection in wet or cold weather, especially a waterproof outer shoe.

Compare galosh.

Origin of overshoe

First recorded in 1570–80; over- + shoe

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Examples from the Web for overshoe

Historical Examples of overshoe

My legs are stiff, and my legging has frozen fast 26 to my overshoe; I remember that.
The Singing Mouse Stories
Emerson Hough
Try a piece of overshoe, with a bone in it, for my beefsteak, likely.
Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa
George W. Peck
I pick up every overshoe and know whose it is, but I can't find my own.
Song of the Lark
Willa Cather
I ran up the steps, my cap in one hand, her overshoe in the other.
The House of a Thousand Candles
Meredith Nicholson
Men can walk water who are willing to take a boat for an overshoe.
Among the Forces
Henry White Warren

British Dictionary definitions for overshoe

overshoe

noun

a protective shoe worn over an ordinary shoe

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Word Origin and History for overshoe

1829, from over- + shoe (n.). Related: Overshoes.