heel-ballv.

Brit.

/ˈhiːlbɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈhilˌbɔl/,

/ˈhilˌbɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: heelball n.

Etymology: < heelball n.

transitive. To blacken or polish (leather, etc.) with heelball (heelball n. 1).

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > polish [verb (transitive)] > with specific preparation

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1832 United Service Jrnl. Aug. 463 The cloth trowsers are very well made, with a red edging; the pouches are heel-balled, and have the Prussian arms in brass upon them.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 369/1 The old shoes are to be cobbled up, and the cracks heel-balled over.

1870 Daily News 10 Nov. The Prussian troops have heel-balled the eagle on their helmets.

1904 Evening News & Evening Mail (London) 10 June 4/1 The belt will become like patent leather, and neither mud or rain will affect it. It will only require to be heelballed and ironed once a month.

1982 G. Webb Redbourn Commoner xiii. 126 Apart from soling and heeling, one of Jim's jobs was to paint and heel-ball the finished pairs.

2001 R. Holmes Redcoat (2002) 274 It took about three hours for a man to prepare himself for a formal parade, a process which included..pipe-claying all his white leather equipment and heel-balling the black.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heel-ball
释义	heel-ballv. Brit. /ˈhiːlbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈhilˌbɔl/, /ˈhilˌbɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: heelball n. Etymology: < heelball n. transitive. To blacken or polish (leather, etc.) with heelball (heelball n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > polish [verb (transitive)] > with specific preparation pumicea1425 blacklead1829 heel-ball1832 beeswax1836 pumice-stone1851 ronuka1913 Simonize1917 emery- 1832 United Service Jrnl. Aug. 463 The cloth trowsers are very well made, with a red edging; the pouches are heel-balled, and have the Prussian arms in brass upon them. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 369/1 The old shoes are to be cobbled up, and the cracks heel-balled over. 1870 Daily News 10 Nov. The Prussian troops have heel-balled the eagle on their helmets. 1904 Evening News & Evening Mail (London) 10 June 4/1 The belt will become like patent leather, and neither mud or rain will affect it. It will only require to be heelballed and ironed once a month. 1982 G. Webb Redbourn Commoner xiii. 126 Apart from soling and heeling, one of Jim's jobs was to paint and heel-ball the finished pairs. 2001 R. Holmes Redcoat (2002) 274 It took about three hours for a man to prepare himself for a formal parade, a process which included..pipe-claying all his white leather equipment and heel-balling the black. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1832
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