heeltap

English

Etymology

heel +‎ tap

Noun

heeltap (plural heeltaps)

1. A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
2. (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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).

Anagrams

• leapeth, pealeth