Definition of Tennis shoe

1. Noun. A canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole.

Exact synonyms: Gym Shoe, Sneaker
Specialized synonyms: Plimsoll
Generic synonyms: Shoe

Definition of Tennis shoe

1. Noun. (dated) A sneaker (trainer). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tennis Shoe

tennis coach
tennis court
tennis courts
tennis dress
tennis elbow
tennis leg
tennis lesson
tennis match
tennis player
tennis players
tennis pro
tennis racket
tennis rackets
tennis racquet
tennis racquets
tennis shoe
tennis shoes
tennis shot
tennis stroke
tennis thumb
tennises
tennislike
tennist
tennists
tenno
tenno-hai
tennos
tennu
tenny
tenné

Literary usage of Tennis shoe

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

1. Lawn-tennis by James Dwight (1886)
"The CHAMPION LAWN-tennis shoe is made of Specially Prepared Waterproof Felt instead of India-Rubber, and gives Firm Foothold, with Lightness, Durability, ..."

2. Employment Opportunities for Handicapped Men in the Coppersmithing Trade by Bert Jasper Morris, Institute for the Crippled and Disabled (1918)
"... on a tennis shoe is very light. It consists principally in putting on a narrow strip of rubber called foxing around the edge of the shoe and a tip on ..."

3. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1915)
"... and that a heavy-soled tennis shoe is preferable. Vaile in his "Modern Lawn Tennis", carried his aversion to heavy shoes so far that he calculated that ..."

4. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1922)
"Some players, however, insist that these thin shoes burn the feet and blister them, and that a heavy-soled tennis shoe is preferable. ..."

5. Lawn Tennis for Ladies by Lambert Chambers (1910)
"Most players use a proper tennis shoe or boot with a thick sole. I have tried these, but find they make me much slower in court and are not as comfortable ..."

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