"footbinding" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: footbindings [plural]
Etymology: foot + binding Etymology templates: {{compound|en|foot|binding}} foot + binding Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} footbinding (countable and uncountable, plural footbindings)
  1. (historical) The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing with age. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Translations (binding of women's feet): 縛跤 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 缚跤 (pa̍k-kha) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 紮腳 (Chinese Cantonese), 扎脚 (zaat³ goek³) (Chinese Cantonese), 纏腳 (Chinese Cantonese), 缠脚 (zin⁶ goek³) (Chinese Cantonese), 裹腳 (Chinese Mandarin), 裹脚 (guǒjiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 纏足 (Chinese Mandarin), 缠足 (chánzú) (Chinese Mandarin), 纏腳 (Chinese Mandarin), 缠脚 (chánjiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), jalkojen sitominen (Finnish), pieds bandés (english: refers to feet) (French), Füßebinden [neuter] (German), 纏足 (tensoku) (alt: てんそく) (Japanese), 전족 (jeonjok) (alt: 纏足) (Korean), бинтова́ние ног (bintovánije nog) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-footbinding-en-noun-orreZ3QC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of "binding of women's feet": 77 23
  2. The material used to bind feet for this reason. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-footbinding-en-noun-7CLNZEOh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foot binding, foot-binding Related terms: lotus foot

Inflected forms

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