resole

American  

[ree-sohl] / riˈsoʊl /

verb (used with object)

resoled, resoling

1. to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).

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Etymology

Origin of resole

First recorded in 1850–55; re- + sole ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

resole resoled resoling

But at the end of the day, Mr. Ford’s shoes are the ones that the studio has decided to resole.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2016

The employees were always standing on metal so they had to have grip and cushion, and they wore them out quickly, so we’d resole them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2015

We offer to resole their shoes when they wear them out.”

From New York Times ● May 22, 2010

During the summer we went barefoot, except on Sunday, and we learned to resole our shoes when they “gave out,” as Momma used to say.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

Hides were used to resole boots and make mitts.

From The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

The boots he wears away from the field are resoled so he can use them for 10 to 15 years.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

Mine must be 20 years old, resoled once back at the factory.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2018

Only he has had his patched old shoes resoled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2018

“He gets them resoled over and over,” Wahal tells me, leaning in closer.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2017

Marti once heard a story "about a bug embedded into the sole of an officer's shoe when he sent them to the local cobbler. So," she added, "no one had shoes resoled in Moscow."

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Instead of showing up to rubberneck the arraignment Tuesday, people should perhaps tend to more exigent problems of democracy, like resoling their pumps and checking the air pressure on their tires.

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2023

For reasons beyond my parsimonious childhood, I believe in frugality and things that last, in flea markets over Ikea, in resoling my clogs rather than buying new ones.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2015

I tried to make the use of dubbin take the place of the resoling of my boots, and in my chamber, which was warmed only by my oil-stove, my garments never dried.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

Hundreds of French girls and even German prisoners are resoling and patching shoes with the aid of American machinery, and even the uppers of such as are otherwise hopeless are cut in spirals into laces.

From A Traveller in War-Time by Churchill, Winston

Glancing at her mother, to see if her eyes wandered from the sock she was resoling, Janice raised her eyebrows with furtive inquiry.

From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester