poulaine
Americannoun
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a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
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the toe on such a shoe.
Etymology
Origin of poulaine
1520–30; < Middle French Poulaine Poland (in the phrase souliers à la Poulaine shoes of Polish style); compare Anglo-French poleine
Example Sentences
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Fashions are, by nature, of a particular time - and by 1475 the trend of the poulaine was largely over.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025
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