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Speciality of Brockton, Mass
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shoemaking
Word definitions for shoemaking in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the shoemaker's trade [syn: shoe repairing , cobbling ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Shoemaking is the process of making footwear . Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand. Traditional handicraft shoemaking has now been largely superseded in volume of shoes produced by industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shoemaking \Shoe"mak`ing\, n. The business of a shoemaker.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The making of shoes.
Usage examples of shoemaking.
Keep all the books for the tannery and wagonwright and shoemaking shop, the smithy and all the stores scattered across four counties.
Those include the beermaking Weiders, the shoemaking Tales, and the we-don’t-talk-about-what-we-do Contagues.
The shoemaking and mending, the blacksmithing, cartwrighting, coopering, weaving, and grain-grind ing, were all performed by the slaves on the home plantation.
They proved to be skillful farmers and artisans and thrived at a host of cottage industries: weaving, shoemaking, wood carving, cabinet-making, leather-craft work, pottery, and so on.