3 entries under this word

Vamp

Vămp, n.

noun

n. [Abbreviated from Fr. avant-pied, the forefoot, vamp, from avant, before, fore, and pied, foot.] The upper leather of a shoe.

Vămp, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. VAMPED (vămt, 84); p. pr. & vb. n. VAMPING.] [See supra.] To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as an old thing, with a new part; to repair; — sometimes followed by up.

I had never much hopes of your vamped play. Swift.

Vămp, v. i.

verbintransitive

To advance; to go; to travel. [Obs.]