cho·pine /ʃɑˈpin, ʧɑ-/
Cho·pine n. A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [Variously spelt chioppine, chopin, etc.]
Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. --Shak.
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chopine
n : a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole [syn: chopines,
platform, platforms]