toe-crushing

English

Noun

toe-crushing (uncountable)

1. (construction) A failure of a brick wall in which the bricks at one lower end crack and crumble.

Adjective

toe-crushing (comparative more toe-crushing, superlative most toe-crushing)

1. That crushes the toe or toes.
   1. (cricket) Of a delivery, directed at the feet of the facing batsman.
   2. Of footwear, that does not have enough room for the toes.
      • 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 62:

        Nasty unpolished toe-crushing boots are equally acceptable, but don't let anyone see you wearing neat woolly knee-socks.

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