Heeltap
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Heeltap is a noun meaning A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
Meaning
A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- (dated) A small amount of (especially alcoholic) drink remaining at the bottom of a glass.
Example Sentences
"He's a good fellow, anyway, if he is a teetotaler!" "Drink his health!" "Give him a rouser, and no heeltaps!"
We had the heeltaps of bottles as well, so that we often drank too much—a good thing, for one seemed to work faster when partially drunk.
A heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it! So fill me a bumper, a bumper of Claret! Let the bottle pass freely, don't shirk it nor spare it, For a heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it.
Word Forms
- heeltaps
- heeltapping
- heeltapped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heel, afterpiece, toepiece, spike, jack, toecap.
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