shoemaking

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the craft, trade, or process of making shoes

   Years of shoemaking had taught her how to shape leather around a wooden last.

A compound of shoe + making. Shoe descends from Old English scoh, while making is the verbal noun of make, from Old English macian. Shoemaking covers the craft and trade as a whole; historically, a cordwainer made new shoes while a cobbler often repaired them.

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