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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow [syn: arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English galoche, from Middle French Date: 14th century 1. obsolete a shoe with a heavy sole 2. a high overshoe worn especially in snow and slush • galoshed adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also golosh) (usu. in pl.) a waterproof overshoe, usu. of rubber. Etymology: ME f. OF galoche f. LL gallicula small Gallic shoe

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Galosh Ga*losh", n. 1. Same as Galoche, Galoshe. 2. A strip of material, as leather, running around a shoe at and above the sole, as for protection or ornament.