| 单词 | buskin |
| 释义 | buskin /bus"kin/, n. 1. a thick-soled, laced boot or half boot. 2. Also called cothurnus. the high, thick-soled shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman tragedians. 3. buskins, stockings decorated with gold thread worn by a bishop at a Pontifical Mass. 4. tragic drama; tragedy. Cf. sock1 (def. 3). 5. the art of acting, esp. tragic acting. 6. a woman's low-cut shoe with elastic gores at the sides of the instep, popular in the early 20th century. [1495-1505; prob. alter. of MF bro(u)sequin, of uncert. orig.] |
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