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Definition of Poulaine
1. n. A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.
Definition of Poulaine
1. Noun. (historical) A long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries ¹
2. Noun. (historical) a shoe in such a style. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poulaine
1. a long, pointed shoe-toe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poulaine
Literary usage of Poulaine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"It was used in the first half of the 14th century, and is so-called poulaine from
the prow of a galley. ..."
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