Galoshes
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Galoshes are a type of overshoe or rubber boot that is put on over shoes to keep them from getting muddy or wet during inclement weather. They come in both low cut and high, and in both slip-on and bu
Slip-on galoshes
Russian-style galoshes for valenki
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US Navy Vice Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid wearing snow galoshes while stationed in the Aleutian Islands during World War II.
Patten (shoe)
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Pattens, also known by other names, are protective overshoes that were worn in Europe from the Middle Ages until the early 20th century. In appearance, they sometimes resembled contemporary clogs or s
Galoshes
…wood' and πούς (poús), 'foot'. The calopedes of Late Antiquity were a kind of wooden clog and the name was occasionally reused in the Middle Ages for pattens, wooden bottoms strapped to softer shoes to allow outdoor use. By the 14th century, galosh was also being used to refer to English-style clogs, shoes…
In this detail of the Arnolfini Portrait of 1434, these pattens have been taken off inside the house.
"Lovers on a Grassy" or "Garden Bank", a 1460s engraving by Master E. S. The man has discarded his very long pattens; the woman still wears hers.
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Raised on iron rings