1. wearing buskins (a type of boot or half-boot); dressed in buskins
Usage: literary; archaic
2. of or relating to tragedy or tragic drama (from the association of buskins with tragic actors in classical theater)
Usage: literary; archaic

Examples

• The buskined actors strode across the stage in their classical costumes.
• She admired the buskined figures depicted in the ancient Greek vase paintings.
• The playwright favored a buskined style of drama over lighter comedic works.
• The buskined soldiers marched through the historical reenactment with authentic period boots.