"heelpiece" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: heelpieces [plural]
Etymology: From heel + piece. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|heel|piece}} heel + piece Head templates: {{en-noun}} heelpiece (plural heelpieces)
  1. A piece of armour to protect the heels.
    Sense id: en-heelpiece-en-noun-vvLulxB8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 37 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 15 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 11 8
  2. A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.
    Sense id: en-heelpiece-en-noun-CugfSMAq
  3. (figuratively) The end. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-heelpiece-en-noun-4KHWlDri

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "piece"
      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From heel + piece.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "heelpieces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "heelpiece (plural heelpieces)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 37 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "January 15 1753, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, in Letters to His Son, published in 1774",
          "text": "Courts are to be the theatres of your wars, where you should be always as completely armed , and even with the addition of a heelpiece."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A piece of armour to protect the heels."
      ],
      "id": "en-heelpiece-en-noun-vvLulxB8",
      "links": [
        [
          "armour",
          "armour"
        ],
        [
          "heel",
          "heel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe."
      ],
      "id": "en-heelpiece-en-noun-CugfSMAq",
      "links": [
        [
          "leather",
          "leather"
        ],
        [
          "heel",
          "heel"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1761, Robert Lloyd, The Cobler of Tissington's Letter to David Garrick, Esq.:",
          "text": "the heel-piece of his book",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The end."
      ],
      "id": "en-heelpiece-en-noun-4KHWlDri",
      "links": [
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          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) The end."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "heelpiece"
}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From heel + piece.",
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      "form": "heelpieces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
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        {
          "ref": "January 15 1753, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, in Letters to His Son, published in 1774",
          "text": "Courts are to be the theatres of your wars, where you should be always as completely armed , and even with the addition of a heelpiece."
        }
      ],
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        "A piece of armour to protect the heels."
      ],
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        [
          "armour",
          "armour"
        ],
        [
          "heel",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "leather"
        ],
        [
          "heel",
          "heel"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
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          "text": "the heel-piece of his book",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The end."
      ],
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          "end",
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        "(figuratively) The end."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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