cho·pine (ch -p n , ch -, chp n)n. A woman's shoe worn in the 16th and 17th centuries that featured a very high, thick sole. [Obsolete French chapin, from Old Spanish, from chapa, plate, covering, from Old French; see chape.] |
chopine [tʃɒˈpiːn], chopin [ˈtʃɒpɪn]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a sandal-like shoe on tall wooden or cork bases popular in the 18th century
[from Old Spanish chapín, probably imitative of the sound made by the shoe when walking]
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