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toetip en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtəʊˌtɪp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtoʊˌtɪp/ (General-American)

Etymology

From toe + tip, probably after fingertip. First attested in 1839.

Meanings

1. (rare) The tip of the human toe or something that encloses it.
   • All are riders from their childhood, and, like the northern backwoodsmen, they prefer the outstretched leg with only the toe-tip in the stirrup; this, they say, saves fatigue on a long journey; moreover , as they sit by balance, they can easily leave the animal when it falls. 1869, Richard Francis Burton, chapter XXXVIII, in Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil., volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, →OCLC, page 394:
   • Alexander Southwood Stocker, of the Union Rolling Mills, Birmingham, and Thomas Johnson of Ridgacree Iron Works, Stafford, for "certain improvements in machinery for manufacturing shoe-heels, and toe-tips."—July 20; six months. 1839 August 14, “List of New Patents”, in The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal: Scientific and Railway Gazette, volume 2, number 28, London: [William Laxton], page 318:
   • The arms also are extended, palms down, creating a long, symmetrical line from fingertips to toetips. Blasis surmised that the design and name were derived from ancient paintings, which in turn had been influenced by the Moorish and Arabic taste for architectural ornaments and embellishments.⁴ 2004, Sandra Noll Hammond, “Chapter 3: Ballet Technique: Center Work”, in Ballet Basics, 5th edition, Boston: McGraw-Hill School Education Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 59:

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