单词 | refoot |
释义 | refootv. transitive. To replace the foot of (a boot, stocking, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > make other clothing [verb (transitive)] > carry out specific processes stock1520 sole1570 toe1608 tag1627 foot1663 refoot1827 re-cover1896 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > make footwear [verb (transitive)] > repair or renovate > in specific way forefoot1465 welt1483 spetch1582 speck1681 tap1746 heel-tap1763 fox1796 resole1821 refoot1827 tap-piece1903 1827 Iron 24 Nov. 301 Stockings can be re-footed either by frame or knitting pins. 1850 H. Mayhew in Morning Chron. 18 Feb. 6/2 The pair [of boots] may be re-footed. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 34/1 The back and the remainder of the front having been used for refooting boots. 1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 116 It is in this last meaning probably that this word [sc. stilt] is used in Lincolnshire to describe the re-footing a stocking. 1979 A. Buck Dress in 18th-Cent. Eng. v. 134 He paid his sister for knitting them [sc. stockings]. Sometimes they were re-footed. 1996 S. Wicks Clever Daughter 42 Settled Behind wind-breaks, our mothers Click their squares of short needles, Re-footing last year's socks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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