chopine

• Crafted in nappa leather, they were as uncompromisingly tight-fitting as their chopine-style heels were high. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
• A fashion fact: the chopine was a 15th-century platform shoe that, on occasion, rose to a towering 30 inches, requiring madam to walk with a cane or simply a servant - a cane with legs? —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
• Entering with a careless air and taking a seat at a table near that occupied by the fugitive and the man in the slouch hat, he called for a plate of meat and a "chopine" of wine in a guttural voice The fugitive and the ruffian opposite him were talking, but like strangers who had met by chance, and not at all after the fashion of friends who have met at a rendezvous. —  Monsieur Lecoq
• Macoumè baill y toua chopine farine-manioc. —  Two Years in the French West Indies
• By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. —  Hamlet

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