Heelful

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    As much as will cover a heel or a heel will displace.

    "It took several dozen "heelsful," winding it round the gathering ball on the leg, as one would wind a ball of string."

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"It took several dozen "heelsful," winding it round the gathering ball on the leg, as one would wind a ball of string."

Etymology

From heel + -ful.

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