A type of medieval shoe with an extremely long, pointed toe that was fashionable in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Named after Kraków, Poland, where this style of shoe originated and was popular. The word traveled through Europe along with the shoe fashion trend.
Crakows got SO absurdly long (sometimes a foot or more!) that people had to stuff them with moss or cork to keep them pointed—and they were status symbols of wealth!
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