footbinding
footbinding · footbindings
бинтование ног
Füßebinden
The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing…The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing with age.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, historical, uncountable)The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing with age.
Füßebinden
бинтова́ние ногbintovánije nog
(countable, uncountable)The material used to bind feet for this reason.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
binding of women's feet:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
binding of women's feet:
Origin
From foot + binding.From foot + binding.
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Forms
plural: footbindingsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedlotus foot
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable