(a) Low-cut outerwear for the human foot, a shoe; ~ for bishopes, episcopal sandals; hosen and shoes [see also hose n.1.(c)]; louten in ~, of death: to lurk in one's shoe; (b) shoes icouped (decouped), shoes decorated with slashes in the leather; shoes open above; bokeled shoes; clouted shoes; heigh shoes, low boots; knopped shoes, shoes with tassels; long) piked shoes, long piked crakoued shoes, shoes with long, pointed toes [see also piked adj.(b)]; loue lased shoes; loue voided shoes, low-cut shoes; streit shoes, tight shoes; thonged shoes, laced shoes; wel-sitting shoes, well-fitting shoes; (c) in fig. and allusive expressions: go clouten thin ~, mind your own business; his ~ ful bitterli him wrang, something caused him irritation and mental pain; shapen a sori ~, to do an injury or disservice (to sb.); sheuen shoes, turn away, depart; treden her ~ amis, stray from the path of virtue; winnen shoes, prove oneself; etc.; (d) in proverbs; (e) in cpds.: ~ clout, a piece of material for patching a shoe; shoes-gavel, a tax paid to the city by shoemakers; ~ makere; ~ nail [OE scōh-nægel]; ?~ sak, a shoe bag; ~ sole; ~ thong [OE scōh-þwang], a thong to secure the shoe to the foot; boteu ~, a kind of low boot; child ~ makere, one who makes children's shoes.

(a) An iron shoe for a horse or other beast of burden, a horseshoe; also, some kind of leather shoe for a camel; hors ~, q.v.; (b) = plough ~ [see plough n.1c.(f)]; plough ~.

The iron edge of a wooden shovel-blade; also fig.; ~ almes, in fig. context: alms given as part of a penance for sin; ~ almes-dede.

(a) In street names; (b) in surnames.