Louis heel
/ˈluː.iˈhiːl/
Louis heel noun: a shoe heel with a concave curve and outward taper at the bottom.
Noun
Louis heel (plural Louis heels)
- A shoe heel with a concave curve and outward taper at the bottom.
- The fashion of Louis heels for street shoes brought out the leather Louis heel, to compete with the Louis heel of wood, and it also led to the development of important machines for breasting and finishing this heel.1916, American Shoemaking, volume 61, Mcleish Communications, page 49
- "See if you can squeeze into these." She handed me a pair of gold brocade shoes with high Louis heels.1957, Gypsy Rose Lee, chapter 8, in Gypsy, Berkeley, CA: Frog, Ltd, published 1999, page 72
- Synonyms:
- Pompadour heel
Synonyms of Louis heel
- Pompadour heel
Forms of Louis heel
| plural | Louis heels |
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Origin of Louis heel
After Louis XIV of France.
Words formed from Louis heel
Questions about Louis heel
- What does Louis heel mean?
- Louis heel means a shoe heel with a concave curve and outward taper at the bottom.
- What part of speech is Louis heel?
- Louis heel is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Louis heel?
- Louis heel is pronounced /ˈluː.iˈhiːl/.
- What is the plural of Louis heel?
- The plural of Louis heel is Louis heels.
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