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stitch aloft en · VERB

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1. (transitive) To sew (something, usually a shoe) such that the stitches are visible instead of covered.
   • Shoes that are stitched aloft go through the same operations as the channel-stitched shoes, with the exception that the rounding machine contrivance of cutting is eliminated. 1912, William Henry Dooley, A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products, page 134:
   • To "stitch aloft" is the best way on welts, too, for the same reasons stated above. 1908, “The Shoe Factory”, in Shoe and Leather Journal, volume 22:
   • But, in stitching aloft, the groove in the sole should be deep enough to protect the thread from the buffing operation, provided that the lock cannot be reached; the nearer to the top, the better for the wear of the seam. 1914, American Shoemaking, volume 51, page 316:

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