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spring heel

spring heel is the alternative form of springheel.

Meaning of springheel

Noun

springheel (plural springheels)

  1. A type of shoe popular in the 19th century that had a low internal heel; also, the low internal heel of these shoes.
    • The gentlemen always wore "pumps" as they were called, that is, very light turned slippers without innersole or heel, the soles of the best specimens, being well pounded to make them soft and pliable; while the ladies wore a light shoe called a "runround," or "springheel," usually held snug in...1892, 1642-1892: Legends of Woburn, page 52

Forms of spring heel

pluralspring heels

Questions about spring heel

What is spring heel the alternative form of?
Spring heel is the alternative form of springheel.

Words near spring heel in the dictionary

  1. spring gun
  2. spring guns
  3. spring hammer
  4. spring hammers
  5. spring has sprung
  6. spring heel
  7. spring heels
  8. Spring Hill
  9. spring hook
  10. spring hooks
  11. spring horse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spring heel (page history and authors); springheel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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