单词 | foot scraper |
释义 | > as lemmasfoot scraper foot scraper n. (a) an implement consisting of a blunt horizontal blade used for scraping mud from the soles of shoes, boots, etc., and typically fixed near the outside door of a house; = scraper n. 5; (b) a file used to remove hard or dead skin from the sole of the foot or feet. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > mats and scrapers doormat1665 scraper1745 mud-scraper1788 bear1795 foot scraper1796 mata1818 shoe-scraper1842 scraper-mat1884 1796 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. I. 991/2 Einen Fußkratzer machen, to make a Foot-Scraper. 1872 Harper's Mag. Mar. 547/2 Foot-scrapers and mats were doubled at all the approaches. 1938 J. Steinbeck Long Valley 115 On the front and back porches foot-scrapers and cocoa-fibre mats kept dirt out of the house. 1995 F. R. Shivers Walking in Baltimore 147 Be sure to look at..19 Barre Street, with its iron foot scraper shaped like a lyre. 2014 Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 Jan. Ease hard skin by rubbing it with sandpaper-based foot files or metal foot scrapers. < as lemmas |
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