Pigache

Quick meaning: Pigache is a noun meaning (historical) A shoe with a long pointed toe worn in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.

Meaning

(historical) A shoe with a long pointed toe worn in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.

More Meanings

1. (historical, inexact) Synonym of poulaine (“any style of long-toed medieval shoe”).
2. (historical) An elongated pointed sleeve in some medieval gowns.

Example Sentences

pigaches—fashionable 11th- and 12th-century shoes with long, upturned, pointed toes.

A pointed sleeve, called pigache, as the pointed shoes of the twelfth century had been, was worn by ladies towards the end of his reign.

He sat on a cushioned bench and slipped his feet into a pair of gaudy but fashionable pigaches. The long, upturned, pointed shoes were of a matching set with the bliaut.

As if not to be outdone by the fair sex, as ladies headwear ranged ever higher, so too men's footwear became ever longer... by 1450 the shoes were known as pikes or pigaches after a kind of pail with a long handle.

Word Forms

• pigaches

Synonyms for pigache

Depending on context, synonyms include poulaine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include poulaine, chopine, pike, pantofle, crackow, cracowe.

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