Definition of French heel

1. Noun. A fairly high narrow heel on women's shoes.

Generic synonyms: Heel

Lexicographical Neighbors of French Heel

French doors
French drain
French drains
French dressing
French dressing for fruit salad
French endive
French flag problem
French flap
French foreign office
French franc
French francs
French fries
French fritter
French fry
French grip
French heel (current term)
French honeysuckle
French horn
French horns
French inhale
French inhaled
French inhales
French inhaling
French kiss
French kissed
French kisser
French kissers
French kisses
French kissing
French knickers

Literary usage of French heel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1894)
"... across the ball of the foot, with a modified French heel, that is, a combination of a French heel and an English heel, would nearly always give relief. ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1894)
"... the instep and left rather free across the ball of the foot, with a modified French heel, that is, a combination of a French heel and an English heel, ..."

3. Physiology and Health by Herbert William Conn (1916)
"Compare the shape and location of a shoe with a " French " heel with the way ... You may think the French heel looks stylish, but it is likely to produce ..."

4. Respectability, Its Rise and Remedy by Elbert Hubbard (1905)
"The French heel is not really French but is Parisian, and advertises that the wearer is not a peasant who carries burdens on her head. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... satin or the finer leathers, usually with French heel or Spanish heel, and variously ornamented, with beading, embroidery, plain or jeweled buckles, ..."

6. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1922)
"The French heel is extremely high with a curved outline; the Cuban, high with straight outline; the military, like the Cuban but lower; the spring heel is ..."

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