different between shoe vs prunella

English

Etymology

From Middle English sho, shoo, from Old English s??h (“shoe”), from Proto-West Germanic *sk?h, from Proto-Germanic *sk?haz (“shoe”), of unclear etymology; possibly a derivation from *skehan? (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”).

Eclipsed non-native Middle English sabatine, sabatoun (“shoe”) from Medieval Latin sabat?num, sabatum (“shoe, slipper”) (compare Old Occitan sabat?, Spanish zapato (“shoe”)).

The archaic plural shoon is from Middle English shon, from Old English sc?n, sc?um (“shoes”, dative plural) and sc?na (“shoes'”, genitive plural); it is cognate with Scots shuin (“shoes”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sho?o, IPA^(key): /?u?/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophones: shoo, shew, SHU

Noun

shoe (plural shoes or (archaic or regional) shoon or shoen)

1. A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.

2. A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.

3. (card games) A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
4. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
   1. A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
   2. A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
   3. The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
   4. (architecture) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
   5. A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
   6. An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
   7. An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
   8. An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
   9. (engineering) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; called also slipper and gib.
   10. Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).
5. The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.

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See also

• footwear
• socks

Verb

shoe (third-person singular simple present shoes, present participle shoeing, simple past shod or shoed, past participle shodden or shod or shoed)

1. To put shoes on one's feet.
   • 1995, Michel Potay, The Gospel Delivered in Arès, 26:6

2. To put horseshoes on a horse.
   • 1874— Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, chapter XXXII

     "Old Jimmy Harris only shoed her last week, and I'd swear to his make among ten thousand."

3. To equip an object with a protection against wear.

Derived terms

• beshoe
• unshoe

Related terms

• unshod

Translations

Anagrams

• HEOs, Heos, Hose, hoes, hose

Middle English

Pronoun

shoe

1. Alternative form of sche

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?

Etymology 1

From post-classical Latin prunella, from brunus + -ella, perhaps because of the plant's brown sepals.

Noun

prunella (plural prunellas)

1. (botany) A member of the genus Prunella of herbaceous plants, the allheals. [from 16th c.]

Etymology 2

From post-classical Latin prunella, alternation of brunella (“infectious epidemic”), from brunus + -ella.

Noun

prunella (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, medicine) Any of various diseases characterised by inflammation of the mouth or throat. [17th–18th c.]

Derived terms

• prunella salt

Etymology 3

Probably a variant of prunello, with reference to the colour of the fabric. Compare French prunelle.

Noun

prunella (uncountable)

1. (now rare, historical) A smooth worsted or silk fabric, generally black, formerly used for making shoes and clergymen's gowns. [from 17th c.]
   • 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:

     When Edna knocked at Mademoiselle Reisz's front room door and entered, she discovered that person standing beside the window, engaged in mending or patching an old prunella gaiter.