Definitions for buskin
ˈbʌs kɪnbuskin

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. buskin, combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top bootnoun

   a boot reaching halfway up to the knee

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. buskinnoun

   A half-boot.

2. buskinnoun

   A type of boot worn by the ancient Athenian tragic actors; tragic drama, tragedy.

3. Etymology: Apparently from bousequin, variant of brousequin (> modern brodequin), probably from broseken, of unknown origin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Buskinnoun

   Etymology: broseken, Dutch.

   1. A kind of half boot; a shoe which comes to the midleg.

   The foot was dressed in a short pair of crimson velvet buskins; in some places open, to shew the fairness of the skin. Philip Sidney.

   Sometimes Diana he her takes to be,
   But misseth bow, and shafts, and buskins to her knee. Edmund Spenser, Fairy Queen, b. i. cant. vi. stanz. 16.

   There is a kind of rusticity in all those pompous verses; somewhat of a holiday shepherd strutting in his country buskins. Dryden.

   2. A kind of high shoe wore by the ancient actors of tragedy, to raise their stature.

   Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here,
   Nor greater Johnson dares in socks appear. Dryden.

   In her best light the comick Muse appears,
   When she, with borrow’d pride the buskin wears. Smith.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Buskin

   A buskin is a knee- or calf-length boot made of leather or cloth, enclosed by material, and laced, from above the toes to the top of the boot, and open across the toes. A high-heeled version was worn by Athenian tragic actors (to make them look taller). It was also worn by hunters, and soldiers in Ancient Greek, Etruscan, and Roman societies, to protect the lower legs against thorns, dirt, etc. The word buskin, only recorded in English since 1503 meaning "half boot", is of unknown origin, perhaps from Old French brousequin (in modern French brodequin) or directly from its Middle Dutch model brosekin "small leather boot". Figurative senses relating to tragedy are from the word being used (since 1570) to translate Greek kothornos (Greek: κόθορνος) or Latin cothurnus, the high, thick-soled boot worn in Athenian tragedy; contrasted with sock (from Latin soccus), the low shoe worn by comedians. Byzantine emperors were formally clad in purple buskins, embroidered in gold with double-headed eagles.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. buskin

   A buskin is a knee- or calf-length boots made of leather or cloth which laces closed, traditionally worn by hunters, horse riders, or theater actors in ancient Greece and Rome. The term is also used metaphorically to refer to tragic drama, as actors performing tragedies often wore buskins.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Buskinnoun

   a strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg

2. Buskinnoun

   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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Buskin

   A buskin is a knee- or calf-length boot made of leather or cloth which laces closed, but is open across the toes. It was worn by Athenian tragic actors, hunters and soldiers in Ancient Greek, Etruscan, and Roman societies. The word buskin, only recorded in English since 1503 meaning "half boot", is of unknown origin, perhaps from Old French brousequin or directly from its Middle Dutch model brosekin "small leather boot". Figurative senses relating to tragedy are from the word being used to translate Greek kothurnos or Latin cothurnos, the high, thick-soled boot worn in Athenian tragedy; contrasted with sock, the low shoe worn by comedians. Byzantine emperors were formally clad in purple buskins, embroidered in gold with double-headed eagles. In rural Norfolk, buskins made of sacking were worn by farm labourers prior to the 1960s, especially at haymaking and wheat harvest, to prevent rats from running up the inside of the trouser legs. It is also used as a name of a torturing device used in the Middle Ages, for example the Scotch Boot. See Boot.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Buskin

   a kind of half-boot worn after the custom of hunters as part of the costume of actors in tragedy on the ancient Roman stage, and a synonym for tragedy.

Matched Categories

1. • Boot

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How to pronounce buskin?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of buskin in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of buskin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=buskin
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Buskin
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=buskin
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buskin
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buskin
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=buskin
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Buskin
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=buskin