Poplar.
This word is not of American derivation. In the _Promptorium Parvulorum_ we
find,--
"GALACHE or GALOCHE, undersolynge of manny's fote."
Mr. Way says in his note:
"The galache was a sort of patten, fastened to the foot by cross
latchets, and worn by men as early as the {471} time of Edward III.
Allusion is made to it by Chaucer,
'Ne were worthy to unbocle his galoche.'--_Squires Tale_, 10,869."
Among many other quotations Mr. Way gives the following:
"To geten hym gilte spores,
Or galoches y-couped."--_Piers Ploughman_, 12,099.