[Hellsgate] Medieval Word of the Day

[Joe Simmons]

Poulaines - (French, "Polish") Shoes with extravagantly long and pointed 
toes. Fashionable in 14th and 15th Century France and Burgundy. Also called 
Cracowes, poulaines affected the gait, dance and etiquette of the wearer, 
toe points were sometimes bound by thongs or small chains to the wearers 
knees or belt for freer foot function. Following Polish fashion, poulaines 
were derived from the earlier pigaches.