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n.1. The underside of the foot. 2. The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel. 3. The part on which something else rests while in a vertical position, especially: a. The bottom surface of a plow. b. The bottom surface of the head of a golf club. tr.v. soled, sol·ing, soles 1. To furnish (a shoe or boot) with a sole. 2. To put the sole of (a golf club) on the ground, as in preparing to make a stroke.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solea, sandal, from solum, bottom, sole of the foot.] |