cauche

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French cauche, from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (shoe).

Noun

cauche f (plural cauches)

  1. (Jersey) stocking
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 519:
      I' prend les cauches pour les sôlers.
      He mistakes the stockings for the shoes.

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