chaussure

[ shoh-syr ]

noun

, French.

, plural chaus·sures [shoh-, syr].

1. any foot covering, as a shoe or boot; footwear.

Example Sentences

Her influence can be noted in the 1972 French film “Le Grand Blond Avec Une Chaussure Noire” during a scene in which the actress Mireille Darc reveals eye-popping rear cleavage in a gown designed by Guy Laroche.

From New York Times

Their chaussure consisted of kid skins round their legs, with most extraordinary shoes or sandals, which had no shape whatever, and did not adapt themselves to the form; the consequence was that they could not walk, and they fought entirely on their wretched horses.

From Project Gutenberg

La chaussure est tr�s-capricieuse; soulier, botte et sandale foulent successivement le pav�.

From Project Gutenberg

Il y a des souliers de tout cuir et de tout �ge dans ces tr�sors de la chaussure; on y trouverait des cothurnes de l'an 500 de la r�publique, en cherchant bien.

From Project Gutenberg

Should any hesitation be possible a glance at her feet will suffice—the Parisienne's foot is small and dainty, and she is always shod with a certain coquetry, whilst the daughter of Germany is characteristically careless of her chaussure—tout comme chez nous, for the matter of that.

From Project Gutenberg