high heels

[hahy heels]

plural noun

1. women’s low-cut shoes with high, thin heels.

Word History and Origins

Origin of high heels¹

First recorded in 1640–50 as high heeles

Example Sentences

But it's a practicality for Mary and Danielle, who as well as negotiating the city cobbles in sky high heels, are also deaf.

From BBC

The grass was muddy when wet, the president has said, which made it inconvenient to use and particularly hazardous for women in high heels.

From Slate

In a town known for sculpting movie stars, Aliabadi looks like she could be on “Grey’s Anatomy” as she towers in high heels and a sparkly pink and white butterfly necklace as she poses for a Los Angeles Times photographer.

From Los Angeles Times

At the beginning of “Mountainhead,” written and directed by Jesse Armstrong of “Succession” fame and premiering Saturday on HBO, three multibillionaire tech bros make their way by private plane, helicopter and SUV caravan to join a fourth in a big modernist house on an isolated, snowy mountaintop for a weekend of poker and drugs — “no deals, no meals, no high heels.”

From Los Angeles Times

I walk home in my high heels because I'm so proud of what Rachel accomplished, what all of us, the great John Benjamin Hickey, who plays the love of my life, and the great Tommy Sadoski.

From Salon