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Meaning of crackow | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A type of shoe worn in the Middle Ages, with a pointy pike.
The pike on this shoe.

Equivalents

Deutsch Schnabelschuh

Examples

“The crackows or piked shoes of Richard II. were rivalled in absurdity by the sleeves which came into fashion in the beginning of his successor’s reign, […]”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Crackpot crackpotitude crackpotology Crackpots crackpottedness crackpottery