Definition of shoe

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Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

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Overshoe :: Overshoe (n.) A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche..
Shoemaker :: Shoemaker (n.) The threadfish.
Over :: Over (a.) Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste..
Shoehorn :: Shoehorn (n.) Alt. of Shoeing-hor.
Trave :: Trave (n.) A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing.
Farriery :: Farriery (n.) The place where a smith shoes horses.
Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..
Clamper :: Clamper (n.) An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper..
Lace :: Lace (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc..
Calker :: Calker (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1..
Horseshoeing :: Horseshoeing (n.) The act or employment of shoeing horses.
Liner :: Liner (n.) One who lines, as, a liner of shoes..
Boots :: Boots (n.) A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes..
Sandal :: Sandal (n.) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.
Heel :: Heel (n.) The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe..
Shoeless :: Shoeless (a.) Destitute of shoes.
Insabbatati :: Insabbatati (n. pl.) The Waldenses; -- so called from their peculiary cut or marked sabots, or shoes..
Lapstone :: Lapstone (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather..
Cordwainer :: Cordwainer (n.) A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker..
Discalceation :: Discalceation (n.) The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals.
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