brogans

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

The first word is used in the United States, to distinguish a heavy, coarse shoe, between a boot and a shoe. In England coarse or wooden shoes are called brogues. When filled with nails they are called clouted brogues.--Nare's Glossary.


I thought he slept,

And put my clouted brogues from off my feet, whose rudeness

Answer'd my steps too loud.--Cymbeline, IV. 2.