[
UK
/ɪnstˈɛp/
]
NOUN
- the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot
- the arch of the foot
How To Use instep In A Sentence
- But for me, this is the best part of the whole exercise, as firm fingers and thumbs work around the ankles, under the soles of the feet, between toes and over the instep.
- Iron and stone were used for footwear and some 13th-Century, middle-class citizens wore shoes with insteps inlaid with diamonds and rubies.
- Padding on the heel, ball of the foot, and instep provides extra cushioning and blister protection, and eases pressure from laces and boot folds.
- Shoes should be snug but not tight over the instep.
- I explained, in turn, that, never having experienced a yaw in that locality, I was driven to conclude the hollow of the instep was the most painful place for yaw-culture. Chapter 17
- It's kind of a pain to have to kick the instep every few minutes, is there a fix?
- Place the center of an exercise band under the instep of your right foot and grasp an end of the band in each hand: you may have to carefully roll any excess band around your hands if it doesn't provide enough tension.
- The tight pant legs just touch the top of the boot heel in back and break one time on the instep.
- In the book The Sign of Four, Holmes notices a particular ‘reddish mould’ on his offsider Watson's instep.
- He has the sense to wear a nice suit in a dark navy wool but matches it with terrible, cheap loafers with a metal bar across the instep that are in desperate need of a polish and a reheel.