Meanings
nounscarpines pl (plural only)
- historicalpluralplural onlyAn instrument of torture resembling the boot.
Origin
- Frenchescarpins“shoes”
- Englishscarpines
From French escarpins (“shoes”).
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scarpines. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarpines
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“scarpines.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarpines. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scarpines,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarpines.
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