buskin
noun/ˈbʌskɪn/
/ˈbʌskɪn/
- a type of knee-length boot made of cloth or leather, worn in the pastWord Originearly 16th cent. (designating a calf-length boot): probably from Old French bouzequin, variant of brousequin, from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown ultimate origin.
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