单词 | high shoe |
释义 | high shoen. 1. a. A boot or shoe having a high upper. Usually in plural. Now chiefly historical (U.S. in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > high or long high shoea1387 top-boot1891 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > other high shoea1387 patten1390 nine1599 foot glove1720 nullifier1840 mud-scow1863 sew-round1885 trilby1895 Buster Brown1904 straight1934 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 369 Þey usede hiȝe schone unto þe kne, i-slitte to fore [L. calcei usque ad poplites fissi], and i-laced wiþ þwonges. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 7258 But beggers with..high shoos knopped with dagges..Or botis Reuelyng as a gype. 1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 82 When a man shall goe to battaile..for the nether parte he hathe high shoen. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie S 328 A high shooe of rawe leather called a stertvp, pero. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 38 The horson smoothy-pates doe now weare nothing but hie shooes. 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα iv. xxvi. 666 The Plowes, Carts and High-shoes of their silly neighbours. 1730 J. Senhouse in tr. Persius Satires v. 134 (note) The Buskins or Perones, were a kind of High Shoes, rudely formed of raw Hides, and reaching up to the middle of the Legg. 1744 Universal Hist. VII. iv. xiv. 493 Apollinaris Sidonius describes their [sc. the Goths'] dress thus: They are shod, says he, with high shoes made of hair, and reaching up to their ankles. 1841 W. J. Neale Gentleman Jack in Mariner's Mirror (1920) 6 69 His long-quartered pumps and large buckles were replaced by a pair of high shoes. 1885 R. Jefferies After London ii. i. 92 The long tight-fitting trousers,..and by them high shoes of tanned but unblacked leather. 1923 Ada (Okla.) Evening News 9 Jan. 3/6 (advt.) The very latest in Bostonian Oxfords and high shoes, characterizable by a feeling of comfort [etc.]. 1988 S. E. McKay New Child Safety Handbk. iii. 56/2 A study..found that children wearing shoes (called boot shoes in Canada and high shoes in the U.S.) fell down less. 2012 I. Stamler Sarah's Ten Fingers iii. 80 She wore high shoes laced ⅓ of the way up her calf. 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Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 37 What all those wild Collegiats had cost The honest High-shoes, in their Termly Fees, First to the salvage Lawyer, next to these. 1651 G. Wharton Hemeroscopeion (new ed.) sig. A2v The Wary-high-shooe, who so Idoliz'd The Covenant; that equally he priz'd It with his Bible. 1679 Observ. Last Dutch Wars 4 Our Justices..in the more weighty points of the Law, would be baffled upon the Bench by every High-shooe. 1695 Enq. Anc. Const. Eng. 45 Whereby we of the high shoos, would be made as capable of judging..as the best gentleman of you all. 1704 Observator Reformed 23 Nov. An Ingenious Fellow... Those high Shoes have more in 'em oftentimes than one could expect. 2. A high-heeled or thick-soled shoe. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with specific heels > high heels high shoe1606 heels1667 court shoe1885 spike heel1929 stiletto heel1931 wedge-heel1939 wedge shoe1939 wedge sole1939 wedgie1940 court1959 wedge1959 pump1967 stilt heel1973 Manolo Blahnik1988 1606 R. Chambers tr. P. Numan Miracles lately Wrought xv. 200 [She] perceiued that her foot was amended, telling the foresayd seruant, that she thought she could go wel enough without her high shooe, and thereupon she began to stand vpon her feet, and to walk vpright. 1722 D. Humphreys tr. B. de Montfaucon Antiq. Explained III. ii. iv. 36 Suetonius..says he [sc. Julius Caesar] only wore high Shoes, to give Advantage to his Stature. 1847 J. S. Hall Bk. Feet (ed. 2) iii. 72 Xenophon in Œconomics, mentions the wife of Ischomachus as wearing high shoes, for increasing her stature. 1880 Frazer's Mag. Nov. 668 She had a pair of high shoes on her feet to make her seem taller than she was. 1939 Corona (Calif.) Daily Independent 15 June 1/1 Short wimmen wears high shoes to seem taller,..chubby wimmen wear thair stripes up and down. 1996 L. O'Keefe Shoes vii. 349 The ‘walking footstools’, as they [sc. chopines] were known, fell out of fashion two centuries later, once it was discovered that lowering the sole in front made high shoes easier to manage. 2001 Independent on Sunday 4 Nov. 23/2 ‘I'm not going to pretend it's rational, but wearing high shoes is a simple joy in my life.’ They are push-up bras for the legs: they increase height, lengthen shins, and tighten calves—and that's only the beginning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387 |
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