Synonyms for buskin
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR BUSKIN
It must be admitted, he has well earned his nickname 'Buskin.'
Who welcome with the crowing of a cock, This hero of the buskin and sock.
But Buskin only muttered to herself, rubbed her elbow, and went quickly on.
Here there were only two rooms, one for Buskin, the maid-servant, and the other unfurnished.
We virgins of Tyre are wont to carry a quiver and to wear a buskin of purple.
He sent The Yellow Buskin and was awarded a second-class medal.
I know his philosophies, and just why he adores Buskin and disagrees with Bernard Shaw.
Shiver my hulk, Mr. Buskin, if you wore a lion's skin, I'd curry you for this.
Cf. Il Penseroso, 102: "the buskin'd stage;" that is, the tragic stage.
And when I questioned her, I found that they wore what might well be some kind of buskin.
WORD ORIGIN
"half boot," c.1500, origin unknown. The word exists in different forms in most of the continental languages, and the exact relationship of them all apparently has yet to be determined. The English word is perhaps immediately from Old French broissequin "buskin; a kind of cloth" (14c., Modern French brodequin by influence of broder "to embroider"), or from Middle Dutch brosekin "small leather boot," which is of uncertain origin. OED suggests a likely candidate in Spanish borcegui, earlier boszegui
Figurative senses in English relating to tragedy are from the word being used (since mid-16c.) to translate Greek kothurnus, the high, thick-soled boot worn in Athenian tragedy; contrasted with sock, the low shoe worn by comedians. Related: Buskined.