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Etymology

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From Middle English scho sole, schu sole; equivalent to shoe +‎ sole.

Noun

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shoesole (plural shoesoles)

  1. The sole of a shoe.
    • 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Relating after What Fashion Dr. Sturk Came Home”, in The House by the Church-yard. [], volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, [], →OCLC, page 157:
      In the hollow by the Park wall it appeared again, distinctly; and here it was plain the transit of the wall had been made, for the traces of the mud were evident enough upon its surface, and the mortar at top was displaced, and a little tuft of grass in the mud, left by the clodded shoesole.