galosh
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“shoe with a wooden sole”), but further history is uncertain.
further theories
- From Vulgar Latin *galopium or Late Latin calopedia (“a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole”), from Ancient Greek κᾱλοπόδιον (kālopódion), diminutive of κᾱλόπους (kālópous, “shoemaker's block”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”).[1] (More at holt and foot.)
- From Late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) (“Gallic (sandal)”).[2]
- From Old French galette (“flat round cake”), from galet (“pebble”).[3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galosh (plural galoshes)
- An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather:
- (British) A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
- (US) A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.
- A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.
Alternative forms edit
Synonyms edit
- (waterproof rubber boot): Wellington boot
Translations edit
waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow
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Verb edit
galosh (third-person singular simple present galoshes, present participle galoshing, simple past and past participle galoshed)
- (intransitive) To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about.
- 1979, Penelope Mortimer, About Time: An Aspect of Autobiography, page 36:
- My mother, at the age of seventeen, took them on single-handed, galoshing her way through the mud with bundles of tracts, not necessarily religious but always uplifting, and generous supplies of calves' foot jelly.