toe-crushing

1. uncountablebusinessA failure of a brick wall in which the bricks at one lower end crack and crumble.

comparative more toe-crushing · superlative most toe-crushing

1. That crushes the toe or toes.
   1. slangball gamesOf a delivery: directed at the feet of the facing batsman.
   2. Of footwear: that does not have enough room for the toes.

      Nasty unpolished toe-crushing boots are equally acceptable, but don't let anyone see you wearing neat woolly knee-socks.

      1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 62