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Shoes for your shoes, because puddles don't respect your sneakers.
means Waterproof overshoes you pull on over your regular footwear to keep them dry in rain or slush.
from Traces back through French 'galoche' to a medieval word for a shoe made of wood or with a wooden sole, possibly related to Latin for 'Gaulish shoe.' The popular folk story claims it's from 'Gaul' plus 'shoe' quite literally, but the deeper roots are genuinely murky — what's clear is the word has meant some kind of clog or protective overshoe for many centuries before rubber ones arrived.
- origin
- from gallicae, roman gaulish shoes
- job
- waterproof overshoes you wear over regular shoes
- fashion status
- deeply uncool until suddenly runway again