heelplate

American  

[heel-pleyt] / ˈhilˌpleɪt /

noun

1. a small metal plate attached to the heel of a shoe to protect it against excessive wear.

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Etymology

Origin of heelplate

First recorded in 1840–50; heel ¹ + plate ¹

Example Sentences

As quick, the heelplate strikes the alert gunner's shoulder, and, as if in response to the shock, the short unechoed report jars the silence of the woods.

From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)

Few men can use the rifle as the Canadian bush rancher can, and there was a flash from the muzzle as the heelplate touched his shoulder.

From Alton of Somasco by Bindloss, Harold