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galoche,
galache, galage, shoe, F. galoche galoche, perh.
altered fr. L. gallica a Gallic shoe, or fr. LL.
calopedia wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr. &?;,
dim. of &?;, &?;, a shoemaker's last; &?; wood + &?; foot.]
1. A clog or patten. [Obs.]

Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his
galoche.

Chaucer.

2. Hence: An overshoe worn in wet
weather.

3. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper
part of the shoe and part of the leg.

Ga*loot" (?), n. A noisy,
swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy. [Slang, U. S.]

Gal"op (?), n. [F.] (Mus.)
A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the
dance.

Ga*lore" (?), n. & a. [Scot.
gelore, gilore, galore, fr. Gael. gu
leòr, enough; gu- to, also an adverbial prefix +
leòr, leòir, enough; or fr. Ir.
goleor, the same word.] Plenty; abundance; in
abundance.

Ga*loshe" (?), n.

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 46) First and Last Things (page 90) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 118)

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