heeltap
English
Etymology
Noun
heeltap (plural heeltaps)
- A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
- (dated) A small amount of (especially alcoholic) drink remaining at the bottom of a glass.
- Sheridan
- Bumpers around and no heeltaps.
- Thomas Love Peacock
- A heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it! So fill me a bumper, a bumper of Claret! Let the bottle pass freely, don't shirk it nor spare it, For a heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it.
- Sheridan
Verb
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- (transitive) To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).