heel
noun
- built-up or elevated part of footwear that supports the heel of the wearer
- villain character in professional wrestling
- part of the foot
verb
- tilt to one side
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /hiːl/ / /hil/
name
- A part of Maasgouw in the Netherlands
noun
Etymology: Probably inferred from hielded, the past tense of hield, from Middle English helden, heelden, from Old English hyldan, hieldan (“to incline”), cognate with Old Norse hella (“to pour out”) (whence Danish hælde (“lean, pour”)).
- The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
“[T]he boat, from a sudden gust of wind, taking a deep heel, I tumbled overboard and down I went […] .”
verb
Etymology: See hele (“conceal, keep secret, cover”).
- Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”).
“They should be dug up with a sharp mattock or grub hoe, the roots being broken as little as possible, and they should be heeled in a cool place and protected from the sun until ready to plant. When lifted for planting from the trench in which heeled the roots should be kept covered with a wet sack.”
“In the late fall the seedlings may be dug and heeled in very closely until all the leaves have dropped.”