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Parliament heel
Parliament Par"lia*ment, n. [OE. parlement, F. parlement, fr. parler to speak; cf. LL. parlamentum, parliamentum. See Parley.] 1. A parleying; a discussion; a conference. [Obs.] But first they held their parliament. --Rom. of R. 2. A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws. They made request that it might be lawful for them to summon a parliament of Gauls. --Golding. 3. The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws. Note: Thought the sovereign is a constituting branch of Parliament, the word is generally used to denote the three estates named above. 4. In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts. Parliament heel, the inclination of a ship when made to careen by shifting her cargo or ballast. Parliament hinge (Arch.), a hinge with so great a projection from the wall or frame as to allow a door or shutter to swing back flat against the wall. Long Parliament, Rump Parliament. See under Long, and Rump.

Meaning of Parliament heel from wikipedia

- High-heeled shoes, also known as high heels, are a type of shoe with an upward-angled sole. The heel in such shoes is raised above the ball of the foot...
- for not wearing high heels, and she then started a petition which attracted sufficient support to be considered by the UK Parliament, though it was eventually...
- they resolved to shatter the power of both King and Parliament. Pride's Purge brought Parliament to heel under the direct control of the Army; the remaining...
- TheCelebsVEVO. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018. "Woman's high-heel petition receives 100,000-plus signatures". The Guardian. 12 May 2016. Archived...
- straight at least once in their stride and obey what was called the "fair heel and toe" rule. This rule, the source of modern racewalking, was a vague commandment...
- 2020. Fraser, Andrew (23 September 2013). "Low-key rival hot on Clive's heels". The Australian. Retrieved 12 September 2020. Tillett, Andrew (8 September...
- Rakesh Mohan (15 June 2015). "Swaraj Kaushal: Sushma Swaraj's achilles heel or her pillar of strength?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 December 2020...
- except for one heel. According to that myth, when his mother Thetis dipped him in the river Styx as an infant, she held him by one of his heels, leaving it...
- ("spur"), while in the south, the Salento peninsula forms the "tacco" ("heel") of Italy's boot. The highest peak in the region is Monte Cornacchia 1,152 m...
- the more common ad libitum (at pleasure). a capite ad calcem from head to heel i.e., "from top to bottom", "all the way through", or "from head to toe"...