Meaning of handshoe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from German.
   countable, uncountable
2. A glove or mitten.
   nonstandard
3. An unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky, United States.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“I doubt not, but if a man from his cradle had been always used to go bare-foot, whilst his hands were constantly wrapped up in warm mittins, and covered with handshoes, as the dutch call gloves; [...]”

“In this country the skins of deer, hogs, and sheep are often made into "handshoes," as FROM FOREIGN LANDS.”

“A glove with them is a "handshoe," showing they wore shoes before gloves.”

“There was a guy propelling himself with padded “handshoes” bound to his wrists with leather straps.”

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