poulaine

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UK/puːˈleɪn/

noun

A long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:poulaine.”

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OriginAnglo-Norman poleine ← Middle French poulaine ← Old French poulain →
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Meanings

nounpoulaine (plural poulaines)

plural poulaines · alternative poleine

  1. historicalA long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries.
  2. historicalA shoe in such a style.
  3. historicalrareRare form of poleyn (“knee armor”).

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:poulaine.

Synonyms & antonyms

shoe

Similar
crackowcracowcrakow
Also see
crackowpigache

Origin

  1. Old Frenchpoulain“Polish”
  2. Middle Frenchpoulaine“(shoe with a) pointed toe”
  3. Anglo-Normanpoleine“(shoe with a) pointed toe”
  4. Englishpoulaine

From Anglo-Norman poleine (“(shoe with a) pointed toe”) and Middle French poulaine (“(shoe with a) pointed toe”), apparently from Old French poulain (“Polish”) (compare crackow), the style being supposed to be Polish. Possibly related to poleyn (“knee armor”).

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Translations

German Schnabelschuh
  • Schnabelschuhcrackow
Cite this entry
APA

poulaine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poulaine

MLA

“poulaine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poulaine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poulaine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poulaine.

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