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Woodcut of shoemakers from Frankfurt am Main, 1568. Two shoemakers in Vietnam in 1923. Shoemaking is the process of making footwear.. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or cordwainers (sometimes misidentified as cobblers, who repair shoes rather than make them [citation needed]).
This usage distinction is not universally observed, as the word cobbler is widely used for tradespersons who make or repair shoes. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Oxford English Dictionary [ 5 ] says that the word cordwainer is archaic, "still used in the names of guilds, for example, the Cordwainers' Company "; but its definition of cobbler mentions ...
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Cobblers originated in the British American colonies. [2] English settlers were unable to make traditional suet puddings due to lack of suitable ingredients and cooking equipment, [2] so instead covered a stewed filling with a layer of uncooked plain biscuits, scone batter or dumplings, fitted together. [3]
A cabriolet on wet, slippery London cobblestones in 1823.. During the medieval period, cobblestone streets became common in many European towns and cities.Cobblestones were readily available, as they were often naturally occurring stones found in riverbeds and fields.
The English word for tanning is from medieval Latin tannāre, derivative of tannum , from French tan (tanbark), from old-Cornish tann (oak). These terms are related to the hypothetical Proto-Indo-European * dʰonu meaning 'fir tree'. (The same word is source for Old High German tanna meaning 'fir', related to modern German Tannenbaum).
A thesaurus or synonym dictionary lists similar or related words; these are often, but not always, synonyms. [15] The word poecilonym is a rare synonym of the word synonym. It is not entered in most major dictionaries and is a curiosity or piece of trivia for being an autological word because of its meta quality as a synonym of synonym.
The leprechaun is said to be a solitary creature, whose principal occupation is making and cobbling shoes, and who enjoys practical jokes. [19] In McAnally's 1888 account, the Leprechaun was not a professional cobbler, but was frequently seen mending his own shoes, as "he runs about so much he wears them out" with great frequency. This is, he ...