French heel

Definitions

1. 1

   A curved heel on a woman's shoe that is pitched forward so that the weight of the heel…

   A curved heel on a woman's shoe that is pitched forward so that the weight of the heel falls on the plantar arch.

   • The French heel displaces the posterior support, and both piers of the double arch strike at once, which is fatal to grace of motion.
   • This embroidered and beaded silk shoe sports a sloping French heel.
   • I think it was the eldest Miss Lopez; I couldn't see her face, but I remember looking at the high French heel of her little shoe.
2. 2

   A shaped heel with narrow reinforcement on a sock or stocking.

   • Grey marl and ribbed, with a cleverly turned foot she called a French heel that made them hold their own shape, like cartoon socks.
   • The reverse French heel (page 64) is worked in the reverse order of the topdown French heel. The gusset is worked first, and then the heel turn, followed by the heel flap.

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