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Definition of Instep

1. Noun. The arch of the foot.

2. Noun. The part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot.

Definition of Instep

1. n. The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.

Definition of Instep

1. Noun. (anatomy) The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle. ¹

2. Noun. A section of any footwear covering that part of the foot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Instep

1. a part of the foot [n -S]

Medical Definition of Instep

1. The arch, or highest part of the dorsum of the foot. See: tarsus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Instep

instars instate instated instates instating instaunce instaunt instauntly instauration instaurations

instaurator instaurators instead instead of insteep instep (current term) insteps instigant instigate instigated

instigates instigating instigatingly instigation instigations instigative instigator instigators instigatour instigatrix

Literary usage of Instep

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

1. Dress and Care of the Feet: Showing Their Natural Perfect Shape and by John Lord Peck (1872)
"Natural Character of the instep—Causes, and Prevention, of Sores upon it—Falsa Taste—Callosities of the Heel—Counters—Criticism of Lasts. ..."

2. Manual of artificial limbs: ... an Exhaustive Exposition of Pro[s]thesis. by A.A. Marks (Firm), A.A. Marks (Firm, George Edwin Marks (1907)
"LOWER instep AND LEG AMPUTATIONS.—Cut J 6 shows an amputation of the left foot at the instep and of the right leg at the junction of the lower and middle ..."

3. The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States by William Biddle Atkinson (1878)
"Of his more important surgical operations may be mentioned a successful amputation at ankle- join! by raising the foot at the instep and car- ..."

4. A Complete Minor Surgery, the Practitioner's Vade Mecum, Including a by Edward Carroll Franklin (1882)
"This is a very serviceable bandage in making firm pressure of the instep or ankle, as is sometimes required in wounds of the tibial arteries occurring at ..."

5. A Manual of Roman Antiquities by William Ramsay (1894)
"... was a shoe covering the whole foot, the Solea, a sandal consisting of a sole only, without upper leathers, fastened round the instep and ancle by straps ..."

6. Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft by Thomas Holcroft, William Hazlitt (1816)
"... it reached from the knee to the instep, and was of a finger's breadth. CHAP. XIII. THERE are few trades or professions, each of which has not a uniform ..."

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