heelpiece

[heel-pees]

noun

1. Shoemaking.

   1. a piece of leather, wood, or other material serving as the heel of a shoe, boot, or the like.

   2. such a piece used in repairing a heel.

2. an endpiece of anything; a terminal part.

heelpiece

/ ˈhiːlˌpiːs /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of heelpiece¹

First recorded in 1700–10; heel ¹ + piece

Example Sentences

I am a very unlucky fellow, for I think I had naturally not a bad heart; but it has been so bent, twisted, and trampled on, that it has now become as hard as a Highlander's heelpiece.

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