buskin (buskin)

[Early mod. E. also bus king, prob. for * brusk in, F. brousequin, bro Ancient Buskins. From the statuette called Narci us, in the Naples Museum. dequin; cf. brodekin), a buskin, dim. of broos , a buskin, ap- par. orig. a purse; cf. MD. borsekin , a little purse, dim. of borse , a purse: see burse , purse.] 1. A half- boot or high shoe strapped or laced to the ankle and the lower part of the leg. The hunted red-deer's undre ed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. IMG:content-2794.png:[blocks in formation] away me. Middle ton, The Black