What does handshoe mean?
Handshoe means (nonstandard) A glove or mitten..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nonstandard) A glove or mitten..
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; [...]
In this country the skins of deer, hogs, and sheep are often made into "handshoes," as FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
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.
Use handshoe when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Handshoe means (nonstandard) A glove or mitten..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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; [...]
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