foot-binding

[ foot-bahyn-ding ]

noun

1. (formerly in China) the act or practice of tightly binding the feet of infant girls to keep the feet as small as possible.

Example Sentences

To show how foot-binding survivors walk, Farrell created this video.

From The Daily Beast

The lower picture shows the terrible deformity produced by foot-binding.

From Project Gutenberg

They fight the barbarous customs of foot binding and the killing and selling of girl babies.

From Project Gutenberg

Such a reform should not be so difficult as to rid the women of China of their particular form of foot-binding.

From Project Gutenberg

Foot-binding is practised by rich and poor in all parts of the country, but is not universal.

From Project Gutenberg

And they say that one girl out of ten dies of foot-binding or its after-effects.

From Project Gutenberg