noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The underside of a shoe or other footwear, which makes contact with the floor.
2. 2
   the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To fit (footwear) with an outsole. transitive

Etymology

From out- + sole.

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