Heel"tap` (?), n.

1.

One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.

2.

A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking.

"Bumpers around and no heeltaps."

Sheridan.

 

© Webster 1913.


Heel"tap`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeltapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Heeltapping.]

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

 

© Webster 1913.

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