Hi all. It's been a long time since I last posted. My last post was rather on the blue side and I felt the need to absquatulate for awhile to hide out from the gutter police.

In my exile, I encountered an ad for footwear described as a "blucher style" shoe. In the past, L.L. Bean sold a shoe called a blucher moccassin. I wonder, what is the root (and current meaning, too, come to think of it) of this word "blucher"? Thanks in advance.

hi jackie