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plural galoshes
An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather:
(Britain) A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow. examples
(US) A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions. examples
A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg. examples
third-person singular simple present galoshes, present participle galoshing, simple past and past participle galoshed
(intransitive) To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about. quotations examples
My mother, at the age of seventeen, took them on single-handed, galoshing her way through the mud with bundles of tracts, not necessarily religious but always uplifting, and generous supplies of calves' foot jelly.
1979, Penelope Mortimer, About Time: An Aspect of Autobiography, page 36