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toe cap

toe cap is the alternative form of toecap.

Meaning of toecap

Noun

toecap (plural toecaps)

  1. A piece of leather or other material on a shoe or boot that covers the toes.
    • He had been warming his feet by the fire when his toecaps - a wartime economy measure - burst into flames.1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 5
    1. (especially) a piece of hard steel or leather on a shoe or boot for protection of the toes.

Forms of toe cap

pluraltoe caps

Questions about toe cap

What is toe cap the alternative form of?
Toe cap is the alternative form of toecap.

Words near toe cap in the dictionary

  1. toe beans
  2. toe biter
  3. toe biters
  4. toe box
  5. toe boxes
  6. toe cap
  7. toe caps
  8. toe cheese
  9. toe dance
  10. toe danced
  11. toe dances

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toe cap (page history and authors); toecap (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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