| 单词 | heel breaster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheel breaster heel breaster n. (a) a tool or machine for cutting heel breasts; (b) a person who cuts or shapes heel breasts as an occupation. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > other thumb-stall1589 stopping sticka1600 dresser1600 heel-block1600 rubbing pin1600 stopper1600 petty boy1688 shoe-bench1841 shoe hairs1859 fudge-wheel1874 shoe-hammer1875 size-stick1875 trimming-machine1877 heel breaster1879 slugger1892 waist-hammer1895 waist-iron1895 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > cutting heel breasts > one who heel breaster1879 1879 Internat. Exhib. Paris 1878: Rep. Commissioners Victoria 296/2 (caption) Heel Breaster. 1886 E. W. Tullidge Hist. Salt Lake City lxxx. 687 The boots or shoes..are then given to the heel breaster, who manipulates a machine which, at one slice, cuts through the six, or more, thicknesses of sole leather comprising the heel and leaves a square breast next to the shank. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 30 Oct. 7/3 The same firm have several other novelties, including an automatic Louis heel-breaster. The uninitiated may like to know that ‘heel-breasting’ is the operation of bevelling out the curve on the inside edge of the heel to the familiar half-moon or other shape. 1992 1990 Census of Population: Classified Index Industries & Occupations (U.S. Bureau of Census) o105/2 Heel breaster. < as lemmas |
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