shoebite
English
Etymology
shoe + bite
Noun
shoebite (countable and uncountable, plural shoebites)
- A blister caused by the chafing of a shoe or boot.
- 1874, Medical and Sanitary Report of the Native Army of Madras (page 133)
- The sepoys have suffered in many cases from shoebite or blistered feet, but they rarely require treatment in hospital. They are excused from wearing boots until the blister heals.
- 1906, The Philippine Journal of Science (volumes 1-5, page 100)
- […] states that in two of his cases the diagnosis was at first mistaken, the sore in one instance being considered primarily as a form of ringworm and in the other as an ordinary "shoebite."
- 2000, Alladi Ramakrishnan, The Alladi diary: Ekamra Nivas to MATSCIENCE (page 179)
- The next day Lalitha complained of a shoebite and we spent thirty six francs by taxi to buy inexpensive open sandals!
- 1874, Medical and Sanitary Report of the Native Army of Madras (page 133)