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Meanings of pantible in English

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pantufla

Backless footwear worn as house slippers or as overshoes from the 15th to 17th centuries.

      pantufla
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      Examples for "pantacle"
      Examples for "pantacle"
      1
      Trowel of the Templars is quadruple, making the Kabalist pantacle, 816-m.
      Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
      2
      His Heaven is composed of a series of Kabalistic circles, divided by a cross, like the Pantacle of Ezekiel.
      Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
      3
      The pictures that follow in this wondrous epic are so many pantacles, of which the numbers 3, 4, 7, and 12 are the keys.
      Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
      1
      By my faith, said Picrochole, I will not then kiss his pantoufle.
      Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1
      2
      Take sentiments out of their pantoufles, and reduce them to the infirmities of mortality, what a falling off there is!
      The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
      3
      Ten minutes had not succeeded the promulgation of this decree when Rosine's French pantoufles were again heard shuffling along the corridor.
      Villette
      4
      "Donnez moi mes pantoufles," said her mistress with a yawn.
      Bought and Paid For; From the Play of George Broadhurst
      5
      "Pantable," from pantoufle, a slipper.
      Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
      1
      What pride equal unto his, making Kings kiss his pantofle?
      Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert...
      2
      Be quick with my pantofles:-notthose, wench-theyellow silk with silver spangles.
      Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
      3
      From the statutes which are rehearsed we learn that the footwear of the day was "boots, shoes, buskins, startups, slippers, or pantofles."
      Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
      4
      If he go to court it is in yellow stockings; and if it be in winter, in a slight taffety cloak, and pumps and pantofles.
      Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
      1
      "Pantable," from pantoufle, a slipper.
      Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
      Translations for pantible