Definition of Heelpieces

1. Noun. (plural of heelpiece) ¹

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Definition of Heelpieces

1. heelpiece [n] - See also: heelpiece

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heelpieces

heelbone
heelbones
heeld
heeled
heeled over
heeler
heelers
heelflip
heelies
heeling
heeling over
heelings
heelless
heelpiece
heelpieces (current term)
heelplate
heelplates
heelpost
heelposts
heelprint
heelprints
heelproof
heels
heels over
heels over head
heelside
heelspur
heeltap
heeltapped

Literary usage of Heelpieces

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"Heaven's foot messenger, thanks to his low-crowned, narrow-brimmed hat, and plume of feathers, heelpieces, and running stick with pigeon wings, ..."

2. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"Heaven's foot messenger, thanks to his low-crowned, narrow-brimmed hat, and plume of feathers, heelpieces, and running stick with pigeon wings, ..."

3. The British Essayists by James Ferguson (1823)
"... reduced to a state of starving; while the orator, instead of mending soles and heelpieces, or vending small wares, is disgorging nonsense on an audience ..."

4. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1908)
"... and is secured by fitting short angles across the keel, termed " frame heelpieces," about three feet long, and the same size as the frame angles (Fig. ..."

5. Pyramids and Progress: Sketches from Egypt by John Ward (1900)
"His legs were bare, and his stockingless feet thrust into red Arab slippers without heelpieces, but he was quite able to keep them on his feet without laces ..."

6. Ingenuity and Luxury by Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams (1911)
"The smaller pieces are died out in the form of lifts, or heelpieces, which are joined together to the proper thickness and cemented, after which they ..."

7. A History of Science by Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams (1910)
"The smaller pieces are died out in the form of lifts, or heelpieces, which are joined together to the proper thickness and cemented, after which they are ..."

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