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  • verb Present participle of resole.
  • noun The act of fitting a new sole to a shoe.

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Examples

  • The uppers of his shoes were too weak to carry the heavy resoling that was itself of no recent date.

    A PIECE OF STEAK 2010

  • The uppers of his shoes were too weak to carry the heavy resoling that was itself of no recent date.

    A PIECE OF STEAK 2010

  • Her shoes were still good, although they would need resoling soon; her walking-skirt and shirtwaist ready-made, from a store that was far from fashionable, and of fabric that could be laundered at home.

    red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

  • Mr. Johnson, 55, recalls watching his father holding nails between his lips, removing them one at a time, when resoling shoes using a French hammer.

    In a Sole Revival, the Recession Gives Beleaguered Cobblers New Traction 2009

  • July 23rd, 2007 at 1: 38 pm can anyone tell me the difference between the vivo barefoot trainers and me resoling my trainers with car tire treads? realist Says:

    TERRA PLANA ECO-FRIENDLY SHOES | Inhabitat 2006

  • The participants go through sneakers so quickly that there is one race volunteer assigned to resoling shoes.

    Running 3,100 Miles, and Following Their Leader Every Step of the Way 2004

  • She was aware of the fact that some of her dresses were wearing thin and that her shoes would need resoling before too long.

    The Kalahari Typing School For Men Smith, Alexander McCall 2002

  • Her current pair, with their bright red buttons, would be left for resoling, and she had her eye on a new pair which she had spotted in the window of a shop in the town.

    The Kalahari Typing School For Men Smith, Alexander McCall 2002

  • For Florian, at thirteen, a spindle-legged errand-boy in over-size knickers, a cold sore on his lip, and shoes chronically in need of resoling, had started to work for the great sporting goods store of Inverness & Heath.

    Gigolo Edna Ferber 1926

  • The uppers of his shoes were too weak to carry the heavy resoling that was itself of no recent date.

    A Piece of Steak 1911

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