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† saˈshoon Obs. exc. U.S.
Also 7 sashune, shashune, shasoon.
[Corruptly a. F. chausson.]
A stuffed leather pad formerly worn inside the leg of a boot; also, see quot. 1875.
1687–8in Sussex Archæol. Coll. (1849) II. 113 June 29th, paid Henry Sharpe of Cuckfield for a pair of bootes and sashoones, 13s. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 13/2 A Sashune or Shashune, is stuffed or quilted Leather, to be bound about the small of the Leg. 1692Scarronides ii. 34 His gouty Hocks, with fleshy Sashoons, Like Horses lookt that has the Fashions. 1694Motteux tr. Rabelais iv. ix. 37 One nam'd his [wench], my Slipper, and she him, my Foot. Another my Boot, she my Shasoon. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Sashoons, Leather put under a Boot about the Small of the Leg. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Sashoon, a soft leathern pad placed inside a shoe to ease the pressure on a tender spot. |