poulaine
[ poo-leyn ]
/ puˈleɪn /
noun
a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
the toe on such a shoe.
Also called
crakow.
Origin of poulaine
1520–30; < Middle French
Poulaine Poland (in the phrase
souliers à la Poulaine shoes of Polish style); compare Anglo-French
poleine
Words nearby poulaine
poughkeepsie,
pouilly,
pouilly-fuissé,
pouilly-fumé,
poujadism,
poulaine,
poulard,
poulard wheat,
poulenc,
poult,
poult-de-soie