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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A reinforced covering of leather or metal for the toe of a shoe or boot.

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  • noun The part of a boot that covers the toes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it

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Examples

  • The steel toecap will help put in doors and save you when you get your feet run over by a milk float (true story).

    Kit Freak « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Wingtips have an inverted "W" as the toecap, like with the Paul Smith "Stanley".

    What the well-dressed foot is wearing 2010

  • I may just have a bet on Milliband, Marxist toecap buffer, lives in an agreeable flat, no skeletons in his closet, Ttony likes him, Im reaching for my credit card right now.

    Blair Refuses to Rule Out Clarke's Departure 2006

  • They have a white rubber sole and toecap and a green line running through the sole.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Kay Olson 2007

  • They have a white rubber sole and toecap and a green line running through the sole.

    Gimp shoes Kay Olson 2007

  • Anton murmured, prodding with his toecap at my Rexine night-bag.

    The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • Anton murmured, prodding with his toecap at my Rexine night-bag.

    the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • And suddenly he went up to the boot, and, hooking the point of his umbrella under what was left of the toecap, flung it pettishly over the hedge.

    Swan Song 2004

  • ` I think we should leave now, 'he said, flicking his cigarette so that it bounced off the guard's polished toecap, sending a few momentary sparks into the night.

    Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004

  • Curtis-Dunne pointed a toe shod in shabby, soft black leather; a laced shoe without a toecap, in surface like the cover of a well-worn Bible.

    The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998

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