English-Thai Dictionary

buskin

N รองเท้าส้นสูง  การ แสดงละคร เศร้า โศร ก  karn-sa-daeng-la-korn-sao-sok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUSKIN

n.A kind of half boot, or high shoe, covering the foot and leg to the middle and tied underneath the knee, worn by actors in tragedy on the stage. The buskins of the ancients had very thick soles, to raise the actors and actresses to the stature of the persons they represented. 1. In classic authors, the word is used for tragedy.

 

BUSKINED

a.Dressed in buskins.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUSKIN

Bus "kin, n. Etym: [Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken. See Brodekin. ]

 

1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg. The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott.

 

2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy. Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here, No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. Dryden.

 

BUSKINED

BUSKINED Bus "kined, a.

 

1. Wearing buskins. Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. Pope.

 

2. Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. "The buskined stage. " Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

buskin

bus kin |ˈbəskin ˈbəskən | ▶noun chiefly historical a calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather. • a thick-soled laced boot worn by an ancient Athenian tragic actor to gain height. • (the buskin ) the style or spirit of tragic drama. DERIVATIVES bus kined adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. (designating a calf-length boot ): probably from Old French bouzequin, variant of brousequin, from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown ultimate origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

buskin

bus ¦kin |ˈbʌskɪn | ▶noun chiefly historical a calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather. • a thick-soled laced boot worn by an ancient Athenian tragic actor to gain height. • (the buskin ) the style or spirit of tragic drama. DERIVATIVES buskined adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. (designating a calf-length boot ): probably from Old French bouzequin, variant of brousequin, from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown ultimate origin.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

busking

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