bus·kin /ˈbʌskən/
 短統靴;悲劇


 Bus·kin n.
 1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg.
 The hunted red deer's undressed hide
 Their hairy buskins well supplied.   --Sir W. Scott.
 2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy.
 Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here,
 No greater Jonson dares in socks appear.   --Dryden.

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 buskin
      n : a boot reaching halfway up to the knee [syn: chukka boot,
          combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot]