The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sole \Sole\ (s[=o]l), n. [AS. sole, fr. L. soolea (or rather an assumed L. sola), akin to solumround, soil, sole of the foot. Cf. Exile, Saloon, Soil earth, Sole the fish.]
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The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot.
--Gen. viii. 9.Hast wandered through the world now long a day, Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead.
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The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
The ``caliga'' was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep.
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The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing. Specifially:
(Agric.) The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow.
(Far.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
(Fort.) The bottom of an embrasure.
(Naut.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
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(Mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
Sole leather, thick, strong, used for making the soles of boots and shoes, and for other purposes.
Usage examples of "sole leather".
It seemed to be about the usual kind of a suit case-sole leather I imagine.
Morley, as fine a young gentleman as ever set foot in sole leather!
The price of the glasses when new, sold together with a stiff sole leather casing and straps, was $92.
I can believe that whatever you know about all this is under glass, or there would be a flock of johns squeaking sole leather around this dump.
At the end of the first week he decided that the street-cars and sole leather were less expensive than taxicabs, as his funds were running perilously low.