clog

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun footwear usually with wooden soles
  2. noun any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
  3. noun a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps of North Germanic origin and derived from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, mass, clasp”); compare Old Norse klugu, klogo (“knotty tree log”), Dutch klomp.

In classic literature

Synonyms

geta, patten, sabot

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