Chapter 1, Item 96a
Shoe parts
Parts of a Shooe
The Heel Quarters
The Languides or Straps, the one is tied with Shootyes, the latter with Buckles.
The Vamp, is all the piece that covers the top of the foot.
The Instep, is the top of the shooe at the tying place.
The Toe, and Toe Lining, is the lower part of the Vamp.
The Rann, the Leather as holds the Heel quarters and Vamp to the Soles.
| The In-sole, | } | |
| The Middle Sole | } | all the bottom Leathers of the |
| The Out-Sole | } | Shooe is trod upon. |
The Channel of the Sole, is the Nick in the out-Sole, in which the Thread lieth, it being rubbed down, covers the thread.
The Heel, which is made either of Wood or Leather.
The Lifts of the Heel, are those whole pieces of Leather, of which the Heel is made.
The Jumps for Heels, are only shavings of Leather beaten together, of wich a heel is raised.
The Top piece of the Heel,
The Pegs that fasten the Leather of the heel together.
Shooes according to the fashion of the Toes, or Noses, are sometime round, others square, then forked and others turned up like a hook. Shooes in the fashion of the Heels, are some flat and low heeled, or with wooden high heels, broad and narrow; others Leather heels, which some term Polony heels.
Shooe soles, are either single sole shooes, or double Soles, or strong soled, that is with 3 soles.
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Chapter 1, Item 96b
Shoe sizes
The size of Shooes, is the length of them by such and such a number, as 1,2,3, &c. each size being the fourth part of an Inch.
A Childs Shooe of one or two sizes is five inches and a half long and encreaseth to numb.13. after that it begins to come into the sizes of a Man.
A Mans or Womans Shooe, is eight inches and a quarter long, when it begins, with the first or second sizes of a Man, what it exceeds that length every fourth part of an Inch is taken for a size larger, and so forwards to numb.15.
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Chapter 1, Item 96c
Shoe types
Several sorts of Shooes.
Slap shooes, or Ladies shooes, are shooes with a loose Sole.
Galloshios, are false shooes, or covers for shooes, see chap.5. numb.70.
Pattanes, are Irons to be tied under shooes, to keep out of the Dirt.
Slippers, are shooes without Heel quarters.
Cloggs are shooes with thick Wooden Soles.
Pumps, are shooes with single Soles and no heels, some term them Lack-Boys, foot-men, or running shooes.
Pinked or raised Shooes, have the over leathers grain part cut into Roses, or other devices.
Laced shooes, have the over Leather and edges of the Shooe laced in orderly courses, with narrow galloon Lace of any colour.
Imbrauthered shooes, are such as have the top of the shooe covered with Silk, Satin, or Velvet richly Imbrauthered.
Close Shooes, are such as have no open in the sides of the Latchers, or Languides, but are made close up like and Irish Brogue. These are to Travel with in foul and snowy weather.
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