the toe of a shoe heavily tapered into a narrow point, fashionable in the 14th-15th centuries
2.
a shoe made in this way
poulaine in American English
(puːˈlein)
noun
1.
a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century
2.
the toe on such a shoe
Also called: crakow
Word origin
[1520–30; ‹ MF Poulaine Poland (in the phrase souliers à la Poulaine shoes of Polish style); cf. AF poleine]This word is first recorded in the period 1520–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: normal, pilot, stagger, suspension, ticket