No, a base shoe isn’t something a ball player wears. It’s part of a molding that runs along the base of a wall, concealing gaps between the wall and floor.
 A small, thin, rounded or shaped moulding, a base shoe is applied after the baseboard (a 3 to 4-inch tall rounded or shaped molding) as the final transition between wall and floor.
In rooms with hardwood floors, the base shoe hides a gap—often as much as 3/4-inch—that is left between the hardwood flooring and the wallboard to allow for expansion of the floor.
Base shoe trim as a decorative element is most commonly found in older homes; many newer houses have only baseboard. Finishing nails attach the base shoe through the baseboard to the wall framing’s sole plate.
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