Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brodequin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: brod-e-quin
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A buskin or half-boot.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Then followed the young monarch and his chevaliers, dressed after the Roman fashion—the cuirass of gold, the robes of frosted silver, the brodequins wrought with gold and silver mixed; and the casques were of silver, with white plumes tipped with scarlet. All were masked; but the King was easily distinguished by his snowy charger, whose mane was fantastically knitted with scarlet ribands."

Etymology

From French brodequin.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: brodequin

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

brodequins (plural) brodekin (alternative)

Questions

What does brodequin mean?: A buskin or half-boot.
Where does brodequin come from?: It is traced to French.

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