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Definition of French heel
1. Noun. A fairly high narrow heel on women's shoes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of French Heel
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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