单词 | half-sole |
释义 | half-solev. transitive. To provide (a boot or shoe) with a new half sole. ΘΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > make footwear [verb (transitive)] > furnish with heel or sole sole1570 heel1598 heel-piece1699 heel-cap1801 1795 J. Pettigrew & E. Pettigrew Let. 5 Apr. in Pettigrew Papers (MS, Univ. N. Carolina) I have not got my shoes halfsoaled yet, as shewmakers are very scarce. 1861 F. W. Robinson No Church I. ii. 71 Two days at Penberriog to rest his ankle and get his boots half-soled. 1967 J. B. Keane Lett. of Successful TD ii, in Celebrated Lett. (1996) 15 Send me £3, will you? I need it to half-sole two pairs of shoes and I owe for my laundry. 2006 Cumberland (Maryland) Times-News (W. Va. ed.) 15 July 9 a/3 A farmer told me he'd give me two chickens if I half-soled his shoes. Derivatives half-ˈsoling n. Π 1842 Morning Post 17 Feb. 8/1 When the complainant called with the boots, he told the servant to ask for eighteenpence for half-soleing. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xxi. 267 If you're ever in Petersburg and want any half-soling done. 1995 Toronto Star (Nexis) 2 Jan. d3 We recommend rebuilding, rather than half-soling; this makes the shoe almost like new. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmashalf-sole Categories » half-sole n. that part of the sole of a boot or shoe which extends forward from the shank to the toe. half-sole half-sole v. trans. to furnish with new half-soles. ΚΠ 1795 J. Pettigrew & E. Pettigrew Let. 5 Apr. in Pettigrew Papers (MS, Univ. N. Carolina) I have not got my shoes halfsoaled yet, as shewmakers are very scarce. 1861 F. W. Robinson No Church I. ii. 71 Two days at Penberriog to rest his ankle and get his boots half-soled. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xxi. 267 If you're ever in Petersburg and want any half-soling done. < as lemmas |
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