Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

handshoe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hand-shoe
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A glove or mitten.

name

A surname from German.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Compound of hand + shoe, likely as a calque of Dutch handschoen (“glove, mitten”) or German Handschuh (“glove”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

handshoes (plural)

Questions

What does handshoe mean?: A glove or mitten.
Where does handshoe come from?: Compound of hand + shoe, likely as a calque of Dutch handschoen (“glove, mitten”) or German Handschuh (“glove”).

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