meaning of heel
1. To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
2. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.
3. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc. ; specif. , a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.
4. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.
5. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
6. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests
7. The after end of a ships keel.
8. The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.
9. In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.
10. The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.
11. The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.
12. Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
13. The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif. , the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
14. A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen.
15. To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.
16. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
17. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
18. the piece of leather that fits the heel
Related Words
heel | heelball | heelbone | heeled | heeler | heeling | heelless | heelpiece | heelpost | heels over head | heelspur | heeltap | heeltapped | heeltapping | heeltool |
