Shoesole
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The sole of a shoe.
"In the hollow by the Park wall it appeared again, distinctly; and here it was plain the transit of the wall had been made, for the traces of the mud were evident enough upon its surface, and the mortar at top was displaced, and a little tuft of grass in the mud, left by the clodded shoesole."
Example
More examples"In the hollow by the Park wall it appeared again, distinctly; and here it was plain the transit of the wall had been made, for the traces of the mud were evident enough upon its surface, and the mortar at top was displaced, and a little tuft of grass in the mud, left by the clodded shoesole."
Etymology
From Middle English scho sole, schu sole; equivalent to shoe + sole.
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