What is the meaning of Galosh?

An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather:

  1. A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
  2. A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.

A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.

A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.

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

To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about.

Barnhart, Robert K., ed., Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, H.W. Wilson Co., 1988.

Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, 2002.

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