'Galosh' definitions:

Definition of 'galosh'

noun

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

From: GCIDE

Galosh \Ga*losh"\, n.
1. Same as Galoche, Galoshe. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A strip of material, as leather, running around a shoe at and above the sole, as for protection or ornament. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From: GCIDE

Galoche \Ga*loche"\, Galoshe \Ga*loshe"\, [OE. galoche, galache, galage, shoe, F. galoche galoche, perh. altered fr. L. gallica a Gallic shoe, or fr. LL. calopedia wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr. ?, dim. of ?, ?, a shoemaker's last; ? wood + ? foot.]
1. A clog or patten. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
2. Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather, especially a waterproof rubber overshoe extending over the ankle, worn over one's regular shoes; now usually written galosh. It is used mostly in the plural; as, it's raining, so put your galoshes on. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg. [1913 Webster]