footglove
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A leather slipper designed for comfort and suppleness.
Example Sentences
- "They hand their sandals to the attendant and wear a peculiar footglove made of silk."
- "On this sad occasion the speck of mud on her footglove was brought to her attention at a party by the glance of a male guest."
- "I sit on a stool and bend over and slip a sock on my left foot; but I catch a toe-nail as I start to pull on the right footglove."
- "The zô-ri is occasionally worn in the house over bare feet, but most general for indoor use is the tabi, a padded white cotton sock or footglove with thick sole and a separate stall for the large toe."
- "I never did nor ever shall employ your bootmaker, though I think I recollect trying once to get a pair of footgloves ( why not as well footgloves as handshoes, as the Germans say ) made by him."
- "Have you ever heard of footgloves? They are just a pair of soft-soled leather slippers which fold up and fit into a leather case designed to travel in a man's coat pocket or a woman's satchel."