crakow

noun

cra·​kow

variants or less commonly crakowe or crackowe or cracowe

ˈkräˌkau̇,

-raˌ-,

-rāˌ-,

-(ˌ)kō

plural -s

: a shoe, boot, or slipper made with an extremely long pointed toe and worn in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries

Word History

Etymology

Middle English crakowe, from Cracow (Kraków) Poland whence they came

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