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Footwear glossary
acrylonitrile
albert
alcohol
AMT
anti-static
antique finish
apres ski
apron front
arch
arch support
aromatlc amines
azo dyestuffs
backing, or backer
bagged top
ball
ballerina
ballet shoe
bar shoe
bark tanned
baseline
beading
beeswax
bellows tongue
bend
benzene-benzol
benzine
bespoke
BFA
binding
blake sewn
BLC
blind eyelets
block co-polymer
boarding
bones of the foot
bootee
box calf
Brannock device
BRMA
brogue shoe
brushed pigskin
BSAIF
BSI
built heel
bunlon
byte
CAD
calf
calf side
Californian
CAM
cap and counter
cape
carnauba
CE Mark
CEC
cellulose board
cement lasted
cemented construction
CFHR
CFI
chappal, or chuplee
chevette
Children's Foot Health Register
Chiropodist
chiropody
chrome tanned
chukka boot
Clarino
claw foot
clicking
clog
closed front
closing
co-polymer
co-respondent
coated fabrics
colour fastness
Computer Integrated Manufacture
construction
consumer complaints
cordovan
cordwalner
Corfam
corrected grain leather
COSHH
counter
counter lining
court shoe
crepe
crock
cross Linking
cuban heel
curried leather
d'Orsay
derby
di-Isocyanate
diamante
diamante patent
DIN
Direct Vulcanized (DV)
direct-moulded
dlscolouration
DMF
dorsiflex
dresslng
DTI
dubbin
EC Directives
eco labeling
EFTPOS
elasticity
elastomer
eletrostatlc precipitation
embosslng
Environmental Management Systems
EPA
EPOS
ergonomlcs
ethylene
ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)
European Norm (EN)
exerclse sandal
EXSL
eyelet
eyelet tab
FB
FDF
Feather, feather line or edge
FEDC
FICC
flash
flat foot, pes planus
flbreboard
flesh, flesh side
floppy disc
flow moulding
folding
foot beds
Footwear Testing Center
force lasting
forepart
forme
foxing
french binding
ghillie shoe
gibson
gimping
girth
glace kid
glazed goat
global resourcing
golosh
grain
grain layer
grain leather
grecian slipper
grindery
half d'Orsay
half-sole
hallux rigidus
hallux valgus
heat setting
heel attachment
heel breast
heel grip
heel height
heel pitch
heel to ball measure
hide
hollow foot
house shoes
Htting shoe
ICHSLTA
IFRA
IFSA
IMBEX
Infra-red
injection mouldlng
Insock
insole
instep
InterCIM
ionomer
iron
ISLE
ISO 9000
IULTC
Jellies
Joggers
Jolnt
Just In Time (JIT)
laces
lamlnatlon
last
lasting
lasting tack
latex
leather
leather goods
leather, chrome tanned
leather, vegetable tanned
leatherboard
lifts
linlng
loafers
lorne shoe
louis heel
made-to-measure
magnetorestriction
magnetron, cavity magnetron
mallet toe
management information systems (MIS)
Maxlflt
MEK
metalllsed leather
metamerism
metatarsal bones
metatarsalgla
MICAM
microcellular
microprocessor
midsoles
mineral tannage
MIPEL
mlcron
MOCAP
moccasln
moccasln front
MODATECC
Mondopoint
monk shoe
monomer
monomer polystyrene
Morton's neuralgla
MSRA
mule
mulllng
NAMSR
nature-form shoe
Neoprene
non-woven Insole material
non-woven material/non-woven fabric
nubuck
nylon tape
onychogryphosis
oxford shoe
parchment
paris points
patent leather
pearllsed
permeabillty
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
pes cavus
pes planus
petrol patent
pH
phalanges
pigment finish
piping (of leathers)
piping (of uppers)
pitch
plantar
plantar flex
plastic upper materials
plasticiser
platform
pleating
polyamide
polyester
polymer
polyurethane (PU)
Polyurethane (PU) upper material
polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
poromeric
Porvair
POS
pre-selection
pret-a-porter
Process Control
product liability
puff
pump
PVC-coated fabric
pyroxylin cement
python
Quality Assurance
quarters
quartertlp
Quick Response (QR)
ram's horn nail
rand
reactlon moulding
resin
resin-rubber
resln-mlx
ridlng boot
rink systems
Rnite Element Analysis (FEA)
rub-off finish
ruchlng
safety boots and shoes
Safety toe-caps
sandal
SATRA
SATRASUMM
SBR
scanning electron microscope
seat
seat wheeling
seg
semi-brogue
semi-chrome leather
setting
sewn seat
sewn-In sock
SHALTA
shank
shearllng
shoe care
shoe tree
shover
side leather
SIG
silicon
silicone
SIMAC
sizes
skl boot
skl front
sklve
sklver
slip lasted (sometimes called force lasted or tag lasted)
sllng back
SLTC
slush moulded
sock or Insock
softee leather
sole attaching
solvent
spanish heel
split
SPOGA
sponge rubber
sprue
stiletto heel
stlffener
stltching machine, automatic
straights
stretcher
string lasting
string lasting
styrene
styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)
suede
suedette, suedene
tab
talipes plantaris
thermoplastic
thermoplastlc rubber
thermosetting plastics
tle shoe
toe post
toe puff
toe spring
tongue
top line
top line reinforcement
top-line tapes
top-plece or top lift
Total Quality Management (TQM)
touch and close fasteners
training courses
trainlng shoe or trainer
trichlorethylene
turnshoe
UITIC
ultrasonics
ultrasonlc heel attaching
underfoot comfort
UNIDO
unit sole or unit bottom
United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)
upper
upper leather
USDAW
vamp
vegetable tannage
velcro
veldt
veldtschoen
verruca, verruca pedis
vinyl
virtual reality
vulcanized construction
vulcanlzed rubber
washable leather
water resistant leather
wear returns
wedge heel
wellington
welt
welted footwear
whale oil
whole cut shoe
width fittings
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