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Definition of Cracowes
1. n. pl. Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the fourteenth century.
Definition of Cracowes
1. cracowe [n] - See also: cracowe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cracowes
Literary usage of Cracowes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The National Standard Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Literature, the Sciences (1888)
"S. "W. of Warsaw; the ancient cap. of Poland, many of whose kings are buried in
its cathedral ; pop. abt. 51000. cracowes, 'koz. Long-toed boots or shoes, ..."
2. Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1852)
"... which they call cracowes, resembling the devil's claws, which were fastened
to the knees with chains of gold and silver, and thus were they garmented ..."
3. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt, Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon Dillon (1885)
"A veil or covering for the head, see p. 45. cracowes. Long-toed boots and shoes,
introduced in 1384. (Hearne, " Vita R. Ricardi II. ..."
4. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1849)
"These long toes were termed cracowes, from the city of Cracow, from whence they
were originally imported; and they were sometimes fastened to the knees of ..."
5. Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland (1841)
"... which they call cracowes, resembling the devil's claws, which n'ere fastened
to the knees with chains of gold and silver, and thus were they garmented ..."
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