blucher

¹

[ bloo-ker, -cher ]

noun

1. a strong, leather half boot.
2. a shoe having the vamp and tongue made of one piece and overlapped by the quarters, which lace across the instep.

Blücher

²

[ bloo-ker, -cher; German bly-khuhr ]

noun

1. Geb·hart Le·be·recht von [gep, -hah, r, t , ley, -b, uh, -, r, e, kh, t f, uh, n], 1742–1819, Prussian field marshal.

blucher

¹

/ -tʃə; ˈbluːkə /

noun

1. obsolete.
   a high shoe with laces over the tongue

Blücher

²

/ ˈblyçər /

noun

1. BlücherGebhard Leberecht von17421819MPrussianMILITARY: general Gebhard Leberecht von (ˈɡɛphart ˈleːbərɛçt fɔn). 1742–1819, Prussian field marshal, who commanded the Prussian army against Napoleon at Waterloo (1815)

Word History and Origins

Origin of blucher¹

First recorded in 1825–35; named after G. L. von Blücher ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of blucher¹

C19: named after Field Marshal Blücher

Example Sentences

Most tantalizing of all: fragments of a shoe--a heel, partial sole and brass shoelace eyelet--apparently from a woman's blucher oxford, size 9.

From Los Angeles Times

She was smoking a pipe, and looking at her blucher boots.

From Project Gutenberg

Disencumbering himself of his ordinary garments, Lance soon found himself attired in a striped suit of coarse cloth, fitted also with rough blucher boots and a woollen cap.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a fact that they used to boil their blucher boots for twenty-four hours and eat them with weeds!

From Project Gutenberg

The boots I wore were heavy hand-sewn bluchers, two sizes too large for me.

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