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elastic-sided

elastic-sided adjective: of footwear, having pieces of elastic set into the ankles on both sides.

Adjective

elastic-sided (not comparable)

  1. Of footwear, having pieces of elastic set into the ankles on both sides.
    • I had a vision of a cotton stocking and an elastic-sided boot.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about elastic-sided

What does elastic-sided mean?
Elastic-sided means of footwear, having pieces of elastic set into the ankles on both sides.
What part of speech is elastic-sided?
Elastic-sided is an adjective.

Words near elastic-sided in the dictionary

  1. elastic fibers
  2. elastic limit
  3. elastic limits
  4. elastic recovery
  5. elastic sides
  6. elastic-sided
  7. elastic-sides
  8. elastica
  9. elastical
  10. elastically
  11. elasticas

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