heelballn.

Brit.

/ˈhiːlbɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈhilˌbɔl/,

/ˈhilˌbɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: heel n.¹, ball n.¹

Etymology: < heel n.¹ + ball n.¹

1. A ball or lump of hard wax and lampblack used in polishing to impart a shining black surface to shoes and other leather items, or to take rubbings from brass memorials, gravestones, etc.; (as a mass noun) the mixture of hard wax and lampblack of which such balls are composed. Cf. blackball n. 2.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > waxy materials > [noun] > other wax materials

blackball1700

heelball1774

stearin1839

wax-butter1868

solar stearin1882

guttering1888

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > materials > other substances

heelball1774

clobber1853

1774 Pennsylvania Packet 11 July (advt.) A large assortment of shoemakers tools, &c. amongst which are..white wax, heel balls, boot strapping.

1822 R. G. Wallace 15 Years in India 142 Heel balls, shirts, and nankeen for the use of the soldiers.

1842 Few Words to Churchwardens (Cambr. Camden Soc.) i. 11 There is a way of taking copies of them [sc. brasses] by laying thin paper upon them, and rubbing it over with black lead, or with what is called heel-ball.

1861 Sat. Rev. 22 June 647 What the upholsterers call ‘lining paper’, and what the shoemakers call ‘heelball’, form the weapons of a brass-rubber.

1911 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Antiquaries Ireland 41 54 These rubbings, in heelball or grass, were purchased by Professor Westwood.

1987 S. Stewart Lifting Latch vi. 58 I loved to help heat his glazing irons to melt the wax for his thread and the heel-ball to gloss all round the rim of the sole and in the instep.

2000 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 53 292 We have recorded the rack-slot spacing patterns of approximately fifty clavichords.., by positioning a thin strip of drafting film over the front of the rack and then gently rubbing the film with a cobbler's heelball.

†2. The rounded rear part of a human footprint. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] > heel of > fall of

heelball1796

1796 S. Dinsmoor Let. in J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 667 One of these tracks was very large, the length of the foot 16 inches,..the proximate breadth behind the toes seven inches, the diameter of the heel-ball five.

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

单词	heelball
释义	heelballn. Brit. /ˈhiːlbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈhilˌbɔl/, /ˈhilˌbɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: heel n.¹, ball n.¹ Etymology: < heel n.¹ + ball n.¹ 1. A ball or lump of hard wax and lampblack used in polishing to impart a shining black surface to shoes and other leather items, or to take rubbings from brass memorials, gravestones, etc.; (as a mass noun) the mixture of hard wax and lampblack of which such balls are composed. Cf. blackball n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > waxy materials > [noun] > other wax materials blackball1700 heelball1774 stearin1839 wax-butter1868 solar stearin1882 guttering1888 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > materials > other substances heelball1774 clobber1853 1774 Pennsylvania Packet 11 July (advt.) A large assortment of shoemakers tools, &c. amongst which are..white wax, heel balls, boot strapping. 1822 R. G. Wallace 15 Years in India 142 Heel balls, shirts, and nankeen for the use of the soldiers. 1842 Few Words to Churchwardens (Cambr. Camden Soc.) i. 11 There is a way of taking copies of them [sc. brasses] by laying thin paper upon them, and rubbing it over with black lead, or with what is called heel-ball. 1861 Sat. Rev. 22 June 647 What the upholsterers call ‘lining paper’, and what the shoemakers call ‘heelball’, form the weapons of a brass-rubber. 1911 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Antiquaries Ireland 41 54 These rubbings, in heelball or grass, were purchased by Professor Westwood. 1987 S. Stewart Lifting Latch vi. 58 I loved to help heat his glazing irons to melt the wax for his thread and the heel-ball to gloss all round the rim of the sole and in the instep. 2000 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 53 292 We have recorded the rack-slot spacing patterns of approximately fifty clavichords.., by positioning a thin strip of drafting film over the front of the rack and then gently rubbing the film with a cobbler's heelball. †2. The rounded rear part of a human footprint. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] > heel of > fall of heelball1796 1796 S. Dinsmoor Let. in J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 667 One of these tracks was very large, the length of the foot 16 inches,..the proximate breadth behind the toes seven inches, the diameter of the heel-ball five. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : heel-ballv. < n.1774 see also
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