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top_piece
top piece
See also: toppiece
English
Top pieces
Noun
top piece (plural top pieces)
- (shoemaking) The part of the heel on a shoe or boot that comes into contact with the ground.
- 2010, Frowen, Paul; O'Donnell, Maureen; Lorimer, Donald; Burrow, Gordon, Neale's Disorders of the Foot, Elsevier Health Sciences, ISBN 9780702044281, page 457:
- On the outermost part of the heel, which is in direct contact with the ground when the shoe is worn, a top piece is applied.