Chiop-pīne', n.

(chop-peen'), n. [O. Eng. chapin, chip-pine, chopine; Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim. Cf. It. scap-pino, sock, O. Fr. escapin.] A kind of high shoe, clog, or patten, formerly worn by ladies, to raise them above the ground. [Obs.]

Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last by the altitude of a chioppine. Shak.