blucher

noun blu·cher \ˈblü-chər also -kər\

Definition of BLUCHER

: a shoe having the tongue and vamp cut in one piece and the quarters lapped over the vamp and laced together for closing

G. L. von Blücher

First Known Use: 1831

biographical name Blü·cher \ˈblü-kər, ˈblue-ḵər\

Gebhard Leberecht von 1742–1819 prince of Wahlstatt Pruss. field marshal

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