crackow

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noun

A type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike.

Similar
poulaine
OriginMiddle English crakou →
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Meanings

nouncrackow (plural crackows)

plural crackows · alternative cracow · alternative crakow · alternative crackowe

  1. A type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike.

    The crackows or piked shoes of Richard II. were rivalled in absurdity by the sleeves which came into fashion in the beginning of his successor’s reign, […]

    1827, Emma Roberts, Memoirs of the rival houses of York and Lancaster, volume I, Harding and Lepard, page 242
  2. The pike on this shoe.

    Synonyms: poulaine, poulaine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe pike on this shoe.

Similar
poulainepoulaine
Also see
poulaine

Origin

  1. Middle Englishcrakou
  2. Englishcrackow

Inherited from Middle English crakou, crawcow, named after Cracow in Poland, where they were first worn in the 14th century.

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Translations

German Schnabelschuh
  • Schnabelschuhpointed shoe worn in the Middle Ages
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APA

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“crackow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crackow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crackow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crackow.

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