Associations to the word «Buskin»

Wiktionary

BUSKIN, noun. (now historical) A half-boot.
BUSKIN, noun. A type of boot worn by the ancient Athenian tragic actors; tragic drama, tragedy.
BUSKIN, noun. An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.

Dictionary definition

BUSKIN, noun. A boot reaching halfway up to the knee.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats