heelpiece

[ heel-pees ]
/ ˈhilˌpis /

noun

Shoemaking.
  1. a piece of leather, wood, or other material serving as the heel of a shoe, boot, or the like.
  2. such a piece used in repairing a heel.
an endpiece of anything; a terminal part.

Origin of heelpiece

First recorded in 1700–10; heel1 + piece

Words nearby heelpiece

heel-and-toe racing, heelball, heeled, heeler, heeling tank, heelpiece, heelplate, heelpost, heeltap, heelwork, heelys

British Dictionary definitions for heelpiece

heelpiece
/ (ˈhiːlˌpiːs) /

noun

the piece of a shoe, stocking, etc, designed to fit the heel