Toecap (Noun)
Meaning
A protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The worker's heavy boots featured a steel toecap for added protection from heavy objects on the construction site.
- She preferred to wear boots with a sturdy leather toecap for hiking through dense forests and rough terrain.
- The old shoe cobbler spent years perfecting his technique for adding a durable leather toecap to scuffed and worn boots.
- After slipping on the steel-toed work boots with built-in toecaps, the mechanic felt confident about crawling under the oil-spewing truck engine.
- Traditional fishermen often requested toecaps be sewn into the tip of their water boots for additional wear resistance when wading in saltwater estuaries.