crackow

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Etymology

Named after Cracow in Poland, where they were first worn in the 14th century.

Noun

crackow (plural crackows)

  1. A type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike.
    • 1827, Emma Roberts, Memoirs of the rival houses of York and Lancaster, volume I, Harding and Lepard, page 242:
      The crackows or piked shoes of Richard II. were rivalled in absurdity by the sleeves which came into fashion in the beginning of his successor’s reign, […]
  2. The pike on this shoe.

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