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cothurn|ˈkəʊθɜːn, kəʊˈθɜːn|
[a. F. cothurne = L. cothurnus: see cothurnus, the ordinary form.]
= cothurnus.
1606Peacham Graphice (1612) 127 Melpomene [having] on her feet her high Cothurn or Tragick Pantofles of red Velvet and Gold. 1827Beddoes Let. in Poems p. lxxvi, [She] lays aside the mask, mantle, and cothurn. 1887A. Lang Myth, Ritual & Relig. II. 233 The sacrifice of a booted calf, a calf with cothurns on its feet.
b. = cothurnus b.
1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh iv. 382 Uplifted on the cothurn half a yard Above the natural stature! 1860Motley Netherl. (1867) III. 284 She did not drape herself melodramatically, nor stalk about with heroic wreath and cothurn. |