stiletto
noun /stɪˈletəʊ/
  /stɪˈletəʊ/
 (plural stilettos, stilettoes)
enlarge image(also stiletto heel)(especially British English) a woman’s shoe with a very high narrow heel; the heel on such a shoe synonym spike heelTopics Clothes and Fashionc2- a small knife with a narrow pointed blade (= cutting edge)
 
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian, diminutive of stilo ‘dagger’.
