Buskin [noun]

We are pleased to find a small man without the buskin, and obvious sentiments stated without affectation.

At this point o'erpower'd I fail, Unequal to my theme, as never bard Of buskin or of sock hath fail'd before.

Better to wear mask and buskin than to mar by any modernity of expression the calm majesty of Melpomene.

Tyrian maidens are wont ever to wear the quiver, to tie the purple buskin high above their ankle.

Such an undertaking by no means befits the low-heeled buskin of modern fiction.

There is one point of resemblance between the hero of the sock and buskin and the Knight of the quill.

And yet not with the inclination of Burgoyne, or other military gentlemen who have courted the buskin and sock!

His feet were protected with a sort of buskin; at his side hung a crude-looking metal spear.

Her left hand held aloft the royal sceptre; the Lydian buskin 502 was the high sandal for her feet.

The door which thou with thy rigid buskin canst not unlock, the same is open to my caressing words.