shoes

Noun

shoe (plural shoes or (archaic, dialectal) shoon or (obsolete) shoen)

1. (footwear) A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.
   • Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.
2. A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
   • Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.
3. A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
4. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
   • Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.
   1. A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
   2. A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.

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