galoshes

noun
🔊/ɡəˈlɒʃɪz/
🔊/ɡəˈlɑːʃɪz/
[plural]
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  1. rubber shoes (no longer very common) that are worn over normal shoes in wet weather橡胶套鞋(雨天套在平常穿的鞋上,现已不常见)
    • a pair of galoshes一双橡胶套鞋
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a type of clog): via Old French from late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) ‘Gallic (shoe)’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.