| 释义 |
reˈfoot, v.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To put a new foot in (a boot or stocking).
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 6/2 Stocking-legs for the supply of ‘jobbing worsted’, and for re-footing. Ibid. 34/1 The back and the remainder of the front having been used for refooting boots. 1880Plain Hints Needlework 116 It is in this last meaning probably that this word [sc. stilt] is used in Lincolnshire to describe the re-footing a stocking. |