footbinding

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing with age. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun The material used to bind feet for this reason.

Similar words

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