poulaine (plural poulaines) (historical)
A long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries
A shoe in such a style.
• (shoe): crackow, cracow, crakow
• (pike): crackow, cracow, crakow
Source: Wiktionary
Pou*laine", n. Etym: [F. soulier à la poulaine.]
Definition: A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 December 2024
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
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