[choh-peen, chop-in] 
| a shoe having a thick sole, usually of cork, suggesting a short stilt, worn esp. by women in 18th-century Europe after its introduction from Turkey. |
| cho·pine (chō-pēn', chŏ-, chŏp'ĭn) n. A woman's shoe worn in the 16th and 17th centuries that featured a very high, thick sole. [Obsolete French chapin, from Old Spanish, from chapa, plate, covering, from Old French; see chape.] |
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