iron heel

1. 1.

   an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg

   Synonymsbootthe bootiron boot

   Broaderinstrument of torture

Questions about iron heel

What does iron heel mean?

iron heel means "an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg".

What is another word for iron heel?

Close synonyms include boot, the boot, iron boot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is iron heel a common word?

iron heel 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.