running-shoe

See also: running shoe

English

Noun

running-shoe (plural running-shoes)

  1. Dated form of running shoe.
    • 1860 August 24, “The Demon Bowler”, in The Brant Expositor, volume VIII, number 45, Brantford, Canada West, →ISSN, →OCLC, front page, column 3:
      My turn-out was unexceptionable; men copied my running-shoes; my jacket and trowsers were an admiration; my bat perfection; I was the very picture of a cricketer, but, alas! very little more than a picture.
    • 1871 February 25, Henry J. M. Sampson, “The Dubbler’s Start”, in The Weekly Times, […], number 77, Melbourne, Vic., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 2:
      I looked back, and could see Jackson half undressed, and putting on his running-shoes.
    • 2014 March 3, Richard Askwith, “Back to nature: a modest proposal for a runners’ revolution”, in The Independent‎[1], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 March 2014, page 32, column 3:
      Running shops and specialist running kit barely existed before the 1970s, when Bill Bowerman, founder of Nike, simultaneously launched a concept – jogging – and a product – thick-heeled running-shoes – without which the jogger’s heel-striking action was prohibitively uncomfortable.
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