galoshes

thumb|right|Slip-on galoshes thumb|Russian-style galoshes with valenki Galoshes are a type of overshoe or rubber boot that is put on over shoes to keep them from getting muddy or wet during inclement weather. They come in both low cut and high, and in both slip-on and buckle-front versions.

==Names== The English word galosh, golosh, etc., comes from French from Medieval Latin , a variant of Late Latin and , a partial calque of Greek () from () and (), .