hot shoe

noun

, Photography.

1. a bracket on a camera body that provides support and electrical contact for an electronic flash attachment.

hot shoe

noun

1. photog an accessory shoe on a camera through which electrical contact is made to an electronic flash device

Word History and Origins

Origin of hot shoe¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

That horn is combustible everyone who has watched the fitting of a hot shoe knows.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon what does he place the red-hot shoe to pound it into shape?

From Project Gutenberg

His heavy iron tongs are used to take the red-hot shoe from the coals and to hold it upon the anvil while he pounds it into shape.

From Project Gutenberg