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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

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noun

  1. the piece of a shoe, stocking, etc, designed to fit the heel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of heelpiece1

First recorded in 1700–10; heel 1 + piece
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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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