cauche

Norman

Etymology

From Old French cauche, from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

Noun

cauche f (plural cauches)

(Jersey) stocking
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 519:
  I' prend les cauches pour les sôlers.
  He mistakes the stockings for the shoes.

Derived terms

cauche dé Noué (“Christmas stocking”)
caûchement (“footwear”)

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