shoemaking

[shoo-mayk-ing]

noun

1. the skilled craft of designing, making, and repairing shoes.

Example Sentences

In his East L.A. workshop, he eschews modern technology, focusing instead on traditional methods of shoemaking, often with hand tools.

From Los Angeles Times

The shoemaking company began in Philadelphia in 1914 making ballet slippers and bathing shoes, which were used for swimming.

From Seattle Times

“The intent of this particular benchmark clarification is to show that some slaves developed highly specialized trades from which they benefited,” they said, citing blacksmithing, shoemaking and fishing as examples.

From New York Times

She mounted her first large-scale crocheted installation in 2001 at Grinnell College in Iowa, combining industrial-size rubber bands with men’s shoelaces, tied end to end, in homage to her grandfather’s shoemaking trade.

From New York Times

At 11, he spent a year in Naples studying shoemaking; upon his return, he opened a shop in his parents’ front hallway.

From Seattle Times