Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- a small portion of liquor remaining in a glass after drinking or in a bottle after decanting.
- dregs, sediment, or residue.
noun
- Also called: lift a layer of leather, etc, in the heel of a shoe
- a small amount of alcoholic drink left at the bottom of a glass after drinking
also heeltap, 1680s, “one of the bits of leather that are stacked up to make a shoe heel” (see heel (n.1)); meaning “bit of liquor left in a glass or bottle” first recorded 1780s; the exact connection is uncertain unless it be “the last or final part.”