EMEDD Citations for "cothurne"

Ian Lancashire
University of Toronto

for the Shakespeare Association of America
San Francisco 1999

  1. cothurne (French entry by Randle Cotgrave 1611)

    Cothurne: f. A fashion of highsoled buskin vsed by the auncient Tragedians; also, a high, and loftie stile, as of a Tragedie.

  2. cothurne (French entry by Randle Cotgrave 1611)

    Cothurne: m. ee: f. Shod with high pantosles, or, wearing highsoled buskins, as in a Tragedie.

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