handshoe

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noun

A glove or mitten.

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Meanings

handshoe1

nounhandshoe (plural handshoes)

plural handshoes

  1. nonstandardA glove or mitten.

    A glove with them is a "handshoe," showing they wore shoes before gloves.

    1894, Great Thoughts from Master Minds, volume 3, page 47
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    I doubt not, but if a man from his cradle had been always used to go bare-foot, whilst his hands were constantly wrapped up in warm mittins, and covered with handshoes, as the dutch call gloves; [...]

    1801, John Locke, Works - Volume 9 - Page 9

    In this country the skins of deer, hogs, and sheep are often made into "handshoes," as FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

    1891, H. Warren Clifford, Every-day occupations - Page 121

    There was a guy propelling himself with padded “handshoes” bound to his wrists with leather straps.

    2005, Harvey Mackay, Fired Up!

Handshoe2

proper nounHandshoe (countable and uncountable, plural Handshoes)

plural Handshoes

  1. countableuncountableA surname from German.
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
glove

Origin

handshoe · noun

Compound of hand + shoe, likely as a calque of Dutch handschoen (“glove, mitten”) or German Handschuh (“glove”).

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Handshoe · proper noun

See handshoe.

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APA

handshoe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handshoe

MLA

“handshoe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handshoe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handshoe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handshoe.

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