golosh

«golosh» in Mova's school dictionary: A rubber shoe worn over an ordinary shoe to keep it dry… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a golosh, goloshes); usual spelling galosh, galoshes

meaning for a pupil

(old) A rubber shoe worn over an ordinary shoe to keep it dry in rain or snow; an overshoe. tree →

sense in the lessons

Golosh is an old British spelling of galosh, found in old books. In the past people put goloshes over their good shoes on wet days. Today children wear wellies (wellington boots) or rain boots instead. In the US, galoshes is still sometimes used for rubber boots.

examples

• Grandpa pulled on his goloshes before going out in the snow. tree →
• Put your goloshes on or your shoes will get muddy. tree →
• The old lady left her wet goloshes by the door. tree →
• Galoshes keep your shoes clean and dry. tree →
• In the 1900s, many people wore goloshes in winter. tree →
• He slipped his goloshes off in the hall. tree →
• There lay the goloshes, which the watchman had forgotten. tree →

note

Usually plural (a pair of goloshes). Modern spelling galoshes. Similar: overshoes, wellies (UK), gumboots (Australia, NZ), rain boots (US).

In the corpora

• His cap is missing from its peg and his new goloshes from beside the umbrella-stand.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «golosh» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.