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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 226 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOLOSH, or GALOSH (from the Fr. galoche, See also:Low See also:Lat. calopedes, a wooden See also:shoe or clog; an See also:adaptation of the Gr. icaXair6&ov, a diminutive formed of KaXov, See also:wood, and ioi3s, See also:foot)  , originally a wooden See also:shoe or See also:patten, or merely a wooden See also:sole fastened to the See also:foot by a strap or See also:cord . In the See also:middle ages " galosh " was a See also:general See also:term for a See also:boot or shoe, particularly one with a wooden sole . In See also:modern usage, it is an See also:outer shoe worn in See also:bad See also:weather to protect the inner one, and keep the feet dry . Goloshes are now almost universally made of See also:rubber, and in the See also:United States they are known as " rubbers " simply, the word See also:golosh being rarely if ever used . In the bootmakers' See also:trade, a " golosh " is the piece of See also:leather, of a make stronger than, or different from that of the " uppers, " which runs around the bottom See also:part of a boot or shoe, just above the sole .

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