‖ babouche
(bəˈbuːʃ)
Also 7 baboushe, 9 baboosh.
[a. F. babouche (cf. Sp. babucha), a. Arab. bābūsh, ad. Pers. pāpōsh a slipper, f. pā foot + pōsh covering, pōshī-den to cover. The change from p to b is seen also in pasha, bashaw.]
A Turkish or oriental slipper.
| 1695 Motteux St. Olon's Morocco 90 They have Shooes, or rather Slippers, without Heel's, call'd Baboushes. 1863 (Daily paper), Boots of red leather..encased in babouches of black leather. |