stitchdown

noun

plural -s

1

: the stitching of the outward-turned lower edge of a shoe upper directly to the sole or sometimes with a welt added over the edge

2

or less commonly stitchdown shoe : a shoe made by the stitchdown process

Word History

Etymology

from stitch down, verb

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