An X-ray machine for showing the fitting and movement of the feet inside shoes (formerly common in shoe shops before being withdrawn on health grounds).
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature. From pedo- + -scope.
Definition of pedoscope in US English:
pedoscope
(also pediscope)
nounˈpɛdəskəʊp
British historical
An X-ray machine for showing the fitting and movement of the feet inside shoes (formerly common in shoe shops before being withdrawn on health grounds).
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature. From pedo- + -scope.