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stacked heels

English translation: layered heels

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English term or phrase:stacked heels
Selected answer:layered heels
Entered by: literary

13:11 Nov 28, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: stacked heels
"stacked red heels of
the eighteenth century French monarchy"

Shoes, I mean heels in shoes. Dictionaries say that these heels are made of several layers of leather, multicolored, but photos don't confirm that.
Please have a look at the white shoes at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-heeled_shoe
and "stacked heels" at:
http://images.google.com
Maybe it's rather their shape.
literary
Local time: 06:32
layered heels
Explanation:
You can see from the pictures that the heels are built up of layers. The ones in which the layers aren't apparent have been covered or coated to give a smooth, even effect, but a stacked heel is made up of a stack of layers of, usually, leather.
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kmtext
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:32
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Also thanks Marie!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +5layered heels
kmtext
4it's an extrapolation of the original meaning
Marie-Hélène Hayles


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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
layered heels


Explanation:
You can see from the pictures that the heels are built up of layers. The ones in which the layers aren't apparent have been covered or coated to give a smooth, even effect, but a stacked heel is made up of a stack of layers of, usually, leather.

kmtext
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GaelicGaelic
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
Also thanks Marie!
Notes to answerer
Asker: GWC-Claire, I've read the info, and I think I'm lucky these are from the 18th century, because nowadays it's all not so obvious. Just a note for future researchers of this worldwide problem, as it seems.


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agree  Marie-Hélène Hayles: While I doubt that most modern stacked heels are constructed in this way, literary's 18th century stacked heels certainly would have been.
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  -> Mòran taing.
agree  Patricia Townshend (X)
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  -> Mòran taing.
agree  Claire Chapman: I've worked on this term in English to French before so I'm sure.
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  -> Mòran taing.
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
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  -> Mòran taing.
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it's an extrapolation of the original meaning


Explanation:
I was curious (I like high heels) so I had a hunt around, and found this definition:

"Usually brown or beige, stacked heels are designed to give the illusion of thin layers of wood that have been stacked up to create a flat, wedge or high heel."

So rather than the shape, it's the appearance of the heel which is described. This is also borne out by google images for "stacked heel".


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Note added at 10 mins (2007-11-28 13:22:15 GMT)
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Judging from this explanation and the other images, I'd say that the description of the white shoe as "stacked heel" in your Wikipedia link is inaccurate.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-11-28 14:24:28 GMT)
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Given that your particular context is 18th century shoes, they really are referring to heels built up of layers of leather. My answer just explains why you haven't found this description borne out by Google images of modern shoes.


    Reference: http://shoes.about.com/od/glossaryofshoestyles/g/stacked_hee...
Marie-Hélène Hayles
Local time: 06:32
Native speaker of: English
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