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chopine
They wore decorated chopine platform shoes that sent them soaring up to 30 inches.
From the delawareonline.com
In Canadian French in particular, the quart is called pinte whilst the pint is called chopine.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A surviving Spanish chopine mule with tooled leather over cork heels dates to before 1540 as one of the earliest platforms, Semmelhack said.
From the chron.com
One aspect of the culture that particularly struck Mrs. Sklerov was a piece entitled Manchurian Elegance, in which noblewomen danced with their unique attire and chopine shoes.
From the theepochtimes.com
- A woman's shoe with a very high thick sole
- A chopine is a type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Chopines were originally used as a patten, clog, or overshoe to protect the shoes and dress from mud and street soil.
