shoe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A covering for the foot, usually made of leather or another firm material, with a sole and heel.

   Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.

2. 2
   noun

   A curved piece of metal nailed to a horse's foot; a horseshoe.

   The blacksmith fitted a new shoe to the horse.

3. 3
   verb

   To fit a horse with metal shoes.

   The farmer paid someone to shoe his horses.

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skōhaz Proto-West Germanic *skōh Old English sċōh Middle English scho English shoe From Middle English scho, sho, from Old English sċōh (“shoe”), from Proto-West Germanic *skōh, from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz (“shoe”), of unclear etymology; possibly a derivation from *skehaną (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English sabatine, sabatoun (“shoe”) from Medieval Latin sabatēnum, sabatum (“shoe, slipper”) (compare Old Occitan sabatō, Spanish zapato (“shoe”), French sabot (“wooden shoe, clog”), Itali…

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