Buskin
From LoveToKnow 1911
BUSKIN (a word of uncertain origin, existing in many European languages, as Fr. brousequin, Ital. borzacchino, Dutch brozeken, and Span. borcegui), a half-boot or high shoe strapped under the ankle, and protecting the shins; especially the thick-soled boot or cothurnus in the ancient Athenian tragedy, used to increase the stature of the actors, as opposed. to the soccus, " sock," the light shoe of comedy. The term is thus often used figuratively of a tragic style.
