Louis heel
English
Etymology
After Louis XIV of France.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluː.iˈhiːl/
Noun
Louis heel (plural Louis heels)
- A shoe heel with a concave curve and outward taper at the bottom.
- 1916, American Shoemaking, Mcleish Communications, Volume 61, p. 49,
- The fashion of Louis heels for street shoes brought out the leather Louis heel, to compete with the Louis heel of wood, and it also led to the development of important machines for breasting and finishing this heel.
- 1957, Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy, Berkeley, CA: Frog, Ltd., 1999, Chapter 8, p. 72,
- "See if you can squeeze into these." She handed me a pair of gold brocade shoes with high Louis heels.
- 1916, American Shoemaking, Mcleish Communications, Volume 61, p. 49,
Synonyms
- Pompadour heel
Derived terms
- Louis-heeled