shoebite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

shoe +‎ bite

Noun[edit]

shoebite (countable and uncountable, plural shoebites)

  1. (India) A blister caused by the chafing of a shoe or boot.
    • 1874, Medical and Sanitary Report of the Native Army of Madras, page 133:
      The sepoys have suffered in many cases from shoebite or blistered feet, but they rarely require treatment in hospital. They are excused from wearing boots until the blister heals.
    • 1906, The Philippine Journal of Science, volumes 1-5, page 100:
      […] states that in two of his cases the diagnosis was at first mistaken, the sore in one instance being considered primarily as a form of ringworm and in the other as an ordinary "shoebite."
    • 2000, Alladi Ramakrishnan, The Alladi diary: Ekamra Nivas to MATSCIENCE, page 179:
      The next day Lalitha complained of a shoebite and we spent thirty six francs by taxi to buy inexpensive open sandals!
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