French heel

Definitions

1. A curved heel on a woman's shoe that is pitched forward so that the weight of the heel falls on the plantar arch.
2. A shaped heel with narrow reinforcement on a sock or stocking.

Examples

“The French heel displaces the posterior support⟳, and both piers of the double⟳ arch strike⟳ at once, which is fatal to grace of motion.”

“This embroidered and beaded silk shoe sports a sloping French heel.”

“I think⟳ it was the eldest Miss⟳ Lopez; I couldn't see⟳ her face⟳, but I remember⟳ looking at the high French heel of her little shoe.”

“The reason⟳ the French heel has not been entirely adopted is owing to the fact that while the making of the French foot requires an entirely new machine, it being such a radical change⟳ from the English foot, the leg can be made on the very machine which formerly made legs for English feet.”

“Grey marl and ribbed, with a cleverly turned foot she called a French heel that made them hold⟳ their own⟳ shape⟳, like⟳ cartoon socks.”

“The reverse French heel (page 64) is worked in the reverse order⟳ of the topdown French heel. The gusset is worked first, and then the heel turn⟳, followed by the heel flap.”

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