chopine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chopine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chopine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chopine n a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole [syn: chopine, platform]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chopine \Cho*pine"\, n. [Cf. OF. chapin, escapin, Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim.] A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [Variously spelt {chioppine}, {chopin}, etc.] Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. --Shak.