Definition of: shoe

(sh) noun plural shoes (Obs. shoon)
1. An outer covering, usually of leather, for the human foot, usually distinguished from a boot by not reaching above the ankle.
2. Something resembling a shoe in position or use.
3. A rim or plate of iron to protect the hoof of an animal from wear or injury.
4. A strip of iron, steel, or other hard material fitted under a sleigh or sledge runner to receive friction.
5. A drag of iron or wood placed under the wheel of a vehicle to retard its motion in going downhill; also, the part of a brake that presses upon the wheel.
6. An iron socket or ferrule for protecting the point of a wooden pile, or the end of a handspike, pole, or staff.
7. The tread or outer covering of a pneumatic tire, as for an automobile.
8. The part of a bridge on which the superstructure rests.
9. The sliding contact plate on an electric car.
—v.t. shod, shod or shod·den, shoe·ing
1. To furnish with shoes or the like.
2. To furnish with a guard of metal, wood, etc., for protection, as against wear. [OE scōh]
PARTS OF A SHOE
a. Tongue.
b. Top.
c. Lacing.
d. Eyelets.
e. Vamp.
f. Toe cap.
g. Outsole.
h. Slipsole.
i. Insole.
j. Shank.
k. Heel.
1. Counter.
m. Backstay.
noun Backstrap.