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chopine

noun

cho·​pine shä-ˈpēn How to pronounce chopine (audio)
chä-
: a woman's shoe of the 16th and 17th centuries with a very high sole designed to increase stature and protect the feet from mud and dirt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The sandals of next summer are somewhere between a chopine and a flatform, a shoe that is equally provocative and walkable. Steff Yotka, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2020 There were towering chopines from the Italian Renaissance and three-inch-long women’s shoes from China. Bonnie Wertheim, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018 The pedestal-like chopine of the late 15th to the early 17th centuries transformed the upper-class European woman into a towering figure. Ariana Marsh, Teen Vogue, 12 July 2017

Word History

Etymology

Middle French chapin, from Old Spanish

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chopine was in 1577

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