▪ I. soler1
(ˈsəʊlə(r))
[f. sole v. + -er1.]
One who soles boots or shoes.
| 1884 L. Gronlund Co-oper. Commw. viii. (1886) 173 The operatives in a shoe-factory:..the ‘tappers’, the ‘solers’, the ‘finishers’. 1902 Longm. Mag. Dec. 150 Some were only eyelet-hole makers, others were sole-peggers, or tongue-sewers, or solers and heelers. |
▪ II. † soler2 Obs.—1
[a. OF. (*soler) solier, f. L. solium, perh. by confusion with soler sollar n.1]
A throne.
| a 1340 Hampole Ps., Comm. Cant. 502 Þat he sytt wiþ pryncis and hald þe solere of ioy [L. solium glorie]. |
▪ III. soler(e
obs. forms of sollar n.1