half sole

1. 1.

   shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe

   Broadersole

   Part offootwear

Questions about half sole

What does half sole mean?

half sole means "shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe".

Is half sole a common word?

half sole is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.