Fix worn sole
To refoot is to put a new foot on something, most commonly replacing the worn-out foot portion of a sock or stocking rather than discarding the whole garment.
The term also applies to replacing the feet or base of furniture: She refooted all his old wool socks; The antique table needed to be refooted after water damage.
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Fix worn sole
To refoot is to put a new foot on something, most commonly replacing the worn-out foot portion of a sock or stocking rather than discarding the whole garment.
The term also applies to replacing the feet or base of furniture: She refooted all his old wool socks; The antique table needed to be refooted after water damage.
1. sockrepair — darning, Repairing fabric by weaving; mending (Restoring damaged items); reheeling (Restoring worn shoe bottoms); patching (Repairing by covering); stitching · knitting · sock · hosiery · yarn · needle · threadbare · worn · toe · heel
2. stockingrepair — hosiery, Leg and foot garments; knitting (Loop-based textile making); grafting (Joining tissues to grow together); toe (Foot's small digit); gusset · yarn · needles · worn · mending · sock · handknit · darning · reinforcement · wool
REPAIR ACTIONrefoot ≠ destroy Cause complete ruin; discard · wear out · damage · ruin · unravel
COMPLETENESS OF REPAIRrefoot ≠ darn Repair by weaving; patch · spot repair · mend
barefoot, refooted
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/refoot