chopine [choh-peen, chop-in] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a shoe having a thick sole, usually of cork, suggesting a short stilt, worn especially by women in 18th-century Europe after its introduction from Turkey.
Also chopin. Origin of chopine 1570–80; Spanish chapín, equivalent to chap(a) (Middle French chape chape) + -in -in1 Examples from the Web for chopine Historical Examples of chopine
By-‘r-lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine.56 You are welcome.
William Shakespeare
One of the greatest follies ever introduced was the chopine, a sort of stilt which increased the height of the wearer.
Florence Mary Gardiner
British Dictionary definitions for chopine chopine chopin (ˈtʃɒpɪn) noun
- a sandal-like shoe on tall wooden or cork bases popular in the 18th century
Word Origin for chopine C16: from Old Spanish chapín, probably imitative of the sound made by the shoe when walking