Rand

rand, n. a strip of flesh or of leather: one of the slips beneath the heel of the shoe, called the heel-rand : a margin, border, edge, of a stream: a territory, as the Rand in the Transvaal.— ns. Rand′ing-machine′ , a machine for fitting rands to heel-blanks; Rand′ing-tool , a tool for cutting out rands for shoes. [A.S. rand , rond , border.]