the piece of a shoe, stocking, etc, designed to fit the heel
heelpiece in American English
(ˈhilˌpis)
noun
a piece forming, affixed to, or like the heel of a shoe, etc.
heelpiece in American English
(ˈhilˌpis)
noun
1. Shoemaking
a.
a piece of leather, wood, or other material serving as the heel of a shoe, boot, or the like
b.
such a piece used in repairing a heel
2.
an endpiece of anything; a terminal part
Word origin
[1700–10; heel1 + piece]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camera, cirrus, emphatic, hump, sliding scale