BUSKIN

buskin, combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot

(noun) a boot reaching halfway up to the knee

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

buskin (plural buskins)

(historical) A half-boot.

(historical) A type of half-boot with a high heel, worn by the ancient Athenian tragic actors.

(by extension) Tragic drama; tragedy.

An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.

Source: Wiktionary

Bus"kin, n. Etym: [Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken. See Brodekin.]

1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg. The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott.

2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy. Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here, No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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