heelpiece

[ heel-pees ]

noun

Shoemaking.
- a piece of leather, wood, or other material serving as the heel of a shoe, boot, or the like.
- such a piece used in repairing a heel.
an endpiece of anything; a terminal part.

Origin of heelpiece

First recorded in 1700–10; heel¹ + piece

Words Nearby heelpiece

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How to use heelpiece in a sentence

Credit the ten millimeters of forward pressure, which allow the ski to flex more freely underfoot as the heelpiece moves slightly back and forth.
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British Dictionary definitions for heelpiece

heelpiece

/ (ˈhiːlˌpiːs) /

noun

the piece of a shoe, stocking, etc, designed to fit the heel

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