chopine

reconstruction of a Venetian chopine

Meaning

Noun

A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French chapin, from Old Spanish chapín, from chapa.

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