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Definition of Tennis shoe
1. Noun. A canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole.
Definition of Tennis shoe
1. Noun. (dated) A sneaker (trainer). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tennis Shoe
Literary usage of Tennis shoe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawn-tennis by James Dwight (1886)
"The CHAMPION LAWN-tennis shoe is made of Specially Prepared Waterproof Felt
instead of India-Rubber, and gives Firm Foothold, with Lightness, Durability, ..."
2. Employment Opportunities for Handicapped Men in the Coppersmithing Trade by Bert Jasper Morris, Institute for the Crippled and Disabled (1918)
"... on a tennis shoe is very light. It consists principally in putting on a narrow
strip of rubber called foxing around the edge of the shoe and a tip on ..."
3. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1915)
"... and that a heavy-soled tennis shoe is preferable. Vaile in his "Modern Lawn
Tennis", carried his aversion to heavy shoes so far that he calculated that ..."
4. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1922)
"Some players, however, insist that these thin shoes burn the feet and blister
them, and that a heavy-soled tennis shoe is preferable. ..."
5. Lawn Tennis for Ladies by Lambert Chambers (1910)
"Most players use a proper tennis shoe or boot with a thick sole. I have tried
these, but find they make me much slower in court and are not as comfortable ..."
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