galosh

English

Etymology

From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“shoe with a wooden sole”), but further history is uncertain.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɒʃ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Noun

galosh (plural galoshes)

  1. An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather:
    1. (British) A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
    2. (US) A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.
  2. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.

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Verb

galosh (third-person singular simple present galoshes, present participle galoshing, simple past and past participle galoshed)

  1. (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.

References

  1. ^ Barnhart, Robert and Steinmetz, Sol, editors (1988), “galosh”, in The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology‎[1], Bronxville, N.Y.: The H. W. Wilson Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 419, column 2.
  2. ^ Klein, Dr. Ernest (1966-1967), “galosh”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary Of The English Language‎[2], eighth impression, Amsterdam: Elsevier, published 2003, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 303, column 1.
  3. ^ Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, 2002.
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