footbinding

footbinding

English

Alternative forms

• foot binding

Etymology

foot +‎ binding

Noun

footbinding (countable and uncountable, plural footbindings)

1. The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing with age.
2. The material used to bind feet for this reason.

Translations

binding of women's feet

Chinese: Cantonese: 紮腳, 扎脚 (zaat3 goek3) Mandarin: 裹腳 (zh), 裹脚 (zh) (guǒjiǎo), 纏足 (zh), 缠足 (zh) (chánzú) Min Nan: 縛跤, 缚跤 (pa̍k-kha)

Finnish: jalkojen sitominen Japanese: 纏足 (てんそく, tensoku) Russian: бинтова́ние ног n (bintovánije nog) Spanish: please add this translation if you can