Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHIOP-PINE'
CHIOP-PINE', n. [Sp. chapin; Port. chapim. It is said to be of Arabian origin. It can not be the L. crepis, Gr. κρηπις, unless a letter has been lost.]
A high shoe, formerly worn by Indies. – Shak.
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