resolev.
/ˌriːˈsəʊl/, U.S. /riˈsoʊl/ 1. transitive. To provide (a boot, shoe, etc.) with a new sole.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > make footwear [verb (transitive)] > repair or renovate > in specific way
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1821 L.-M. Hawkins Heraline III. 158 It was necessary that Frank's coat should be patched at the elbows, and his shoes be soled and re-soled.
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting iii. 65 A day employed in re-soling shoes.
1903 J. M. Falkner Nebuly Coat vi. 86 He has to put brown paper in his boots because he can't afford to have them resoled.
1997 T. Petsinis French Mathematician (1998) xv. 134 I take out a pair of boots which have been recently resoled and breathe in the smell of new leather.
2. intransitive. Of a shoe, etc.: to allow the addition of a new sole. rare.
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1922 Daily Mail 24 Nov. 11 (advt.) You can get ‘cheap’ shoes which look worse every day you wear them, and won't re-sole once.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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