shoebite

English

Etymology

From shoe +‎ bite.

Noun

shoebite (countable and uncountable, plural shoebites)

1. (India) A blister caused by the chafing of a shoe or boot.
   • 1874, Medical and Sanitary Report of the Native Army of Madras, page 133:

     The sepoys have suffered in many cases from shoebite or blistered feet, but they rarely require treatment in hospital. They are excused from wearing boots until the blister heals.

   • 1906, The Philippine Journal of Science, volumes 1-5, page 100:

     […] states that in two of his cases the diagnosis was at first mistaken, the sore in one instance being considered primarily as a form of ringworm and in the other as an ordinary "shoebite."

   • 2000, Alladi Ramakrishnan, The Alladi diary: Ekamra Nivas to MATSCIENCE, page 179:

     The next day Lalitha complained of a shoebite and we spent thirty six francs by taxi to buy inexpensive open sandals!