Definitions
The back part of the foot or the raised back of a shoe.
Word origin
From Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel, hock”), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock.
Used in a sentence
“He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, / His winged heels and then his armed head.”
“He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose.”
“She'd been wearing heels, and fell backward off her right heel and twisted or broke her ankle.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Back of the foot”4 letters
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