Handshoe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Handshoe is a noun meaning (nonstandard) A glove or mitten.
Meaning
(nonstandard) A glove or mitten.
Example Sentences
A glove with them is a "handshoe," showing they wore shoes before gloves.
There was a guy propelling himself with padded “handshoes” bound to his wrists with leather straps.
In this country the skins of deer, hogs, and sheep are often made into "handshoes," as FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
I doubt not, but if a man from his cradle had been always used to go bare-foot, whilst his hands were constantly wrapped up in warm mittins, and covered with handshoes, as the dutch call gloves; [...]
Word Forms
- handshoes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include glove, hand shaker, handnail, fingerhold, knifehand, gunhand.
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